Issue 24 / Winter 2021 / Special Issue: Pleasure Special Issue 24: Pleasure Means Moving Authentically All year, we’re accepting work from writers of marginalized identities for the Quarterly. This first issue is devoted to BIPOC surrounding the idea of pleasure....
“I’ll see you soon,” I said. A heartbeat. “Let’s hope not,” said Doctor Omera Sharpe. He smiled even though my throat had closed up and my eyes were filling with tears. “I mean, we don’t want any more accidents, do we? We don’t want you...
At dusk I liked to sit out on the front stoop of my building and watch the people coming and going. Betty Amurrio’s cousins hung out in front, too, in the parking lot, listening to salsa blaring from their lowrider. I liked the graceful way they gestured at each...
Splash Mountain of Debt The Tunnel of Courtney Love Thunder Thigh Mountain Ferris Wheel of Fortune The Tower of Terriers Mr. T Cups Haunted Meth House It’s a Small Third World After All Slip and Slide Into A Coma Re-marry Go Round Bump a Cop...
“Sleep shall neither night nor day Hang upon his penthouse lid. He shall live a man forbid.” ~ Weird Sister, Macbeth Soil rich black and moist yearned like woman awaiting the seed. The sleeper’s lips trembled as the...
