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image of a total solar eclipse

Threshold

By Scott Broker
Silhouette of a crowd of people wielding swords against a fiery background, as if to suggest war.

Once Upon a Time

By Natsume Sōseki, translated from Chinese by Ryan Choi
A fly sits on edge of a white flower's petal against a blurry green background.

Kingdom

By Brian Gyamfi

My Mother’s Stalker

By K-Ming Chang

Elisa Gabbert

Elisa Gabbert is the author of five collections of poetry, essays, and criticism, including The Unreality of Memory & Other Essays (out in August 2020 from FSG Originals); The Word Pretty; L’Heure Bleue, or the Judy Poems; and The Self Unstable. Her work has appeared recently in the New York Review of Books, Harper's, A Public Space, American Poetry Review, and elsewhere.
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Fashion in Isolation Commentary

Striped Shirt

By Elisa Gabbert June 22, 2020
I guess I wore that shirt a lot, though I never really thought of it as my favorite shirt.
The Future of Language Commentary Arts & Culture

Can Ideas Withstand Shifts in Language?

By Elisa Gabbert March 11, 2016

Considering the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis for translation, emoji, and pop culture.

AudioPoetry Conflict

From L’Heure Bleue, or The Judy Poems

By Elisa Gabbert February 1, 2016
it’s good to remember how much it hurts
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