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ESSAY | A Citizen Of The World – Isaac Aju

There was something very claustrophobic about being in Nigeria. Nigeria gagged its people. Nigeria strangled people’s voices. People were often afraid to speak out. People were always afraid for no reason, and so being in Nigeria was the last thing you wanted to do. You wanted to move out of Nigeria. If that would not be possible, then you wanted to connect with people who were not Nigerians. You wanted to know more about the world. You wanted to move into the real world. You wanted your mindset to morph from Nigeria to The World.

ONE POEM – Lizz K

Photo by Joseph Pearson on Unsplash Milk Crate Malady We stumble to your home, arms linked tripping over ourselves as we talk I’m guided through the front door and down the passage to your room A lone mattress on the hardwood floor A vinyl collection spilling out of green milk crates Quick thumbs roll a cigarette we take…

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.

SHORT STORY – Tamara Lazaroff

My grandfather who was not gay was born in 1930 in Seville, Andalusia. He worked as an itinerant labourer for the señoritos, the rich landlords, tending their olive trees and their domesticated animals.

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,…

A Corpus Stylistics Study of the Biased Narrative Voice in Jane Eyre – Yifan Zhai

Yifan Zhai is a young critic from Beijing. She is currently pursuing an MA in English Literature in Beihang University, China. She used to be in an exchange program to the St.Mary’s University of Texas, USA, where she developed an interest in studying and criticizing literature. Her focus is reading the classics with new…

TWO POEMS – Nick Chlopicki

the future is ready for

our, now available,

technological improvement

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COMFORT FOODS // Bombay Toast – Samarth Agarwal

ONE POEM – Emilie Delcourt

FICTION | Salvage – Ian C Smith

ESSAY | A Citizen Of The World – Isaac Aju

ESSAY | Trying To See – Erin Ruble

COMFORT FOODS // Ends and Pieces – Lisa Ochoa

ONE POEM – Lizz K

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

TWO POEMS – Sara Nesbitt Gibbons

SHORT STORY – Tamara Lazaroff

THREE POEMS – Satya Dash

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

A Corpus Stylistics Study of the Biased Narrative Voice in Jane Eyre – Yifan Zhai

TWO POEMS – Nick Chlopicki

SHORT STORY – Valentina Cano

ONE POEM – María Paula Currás

ONE POEM – Yessica Klein

TWO POEMS – Steve Denehan