21st century – Page 16

ONE POEM – Anna Nightingale

when a father is a control bar
made of wood

and the strings snap
the puppets fall

Killer (non)fictions: Is true crime miscommunicating truths in favour of entertaining audiences? – Charley Barnes

. True crime, by its very titling, leads audiences to believe that they are consuming something inherently true in nature. True crime is categorised as a non-fiction form of media, regardless of the means of communication – whether it be written or visual. This alleged truthfulness raises intellectual and moral ambiguities. The rate at which…

TWO POEMS – Sara Nesbitt Gibbons

Their heads out, curved eyes on us,
reciprocating the salty, convex cabin.
Look, there, beautiful wooden bowling balls, said my mum.

THREE POEMS – Satya Dash

There are days when my body is a forest of old pines ailing and wailing in unison

COMFORT FOODS // Dissecting the Heart of Mandu – J.A. Pak

Dissecting the Heart of Mandu The Chinese, Mongolians, Japanese, and now the Americans and Europeans are in my food, but are the Turkic nomads there as well? Intriguing and exciting. A mandu (만두) is a Korean dumpling. A savory dumpling with a filling of meat. It’s usually boiled but it can also be steamed, pan-fried,…