evan cutts
i didn’t start playing with fire til i bought my first evanescence album i didnt know my brothers were arsonists til i told them my first […]
Monthly Archives: December 2016
rebeccalynn gualtieri
Top Shelf i unfold my jeans fold myself into them paint on red lips double knot my noose i mean, double knot my apron i mean, i don’t know when […]
taylor steele
brown sex i think about fucking you, our ancestors cracking the earth open from under and across oceans to meet each other’s splitting seams. i think about our blood, boiling […]
letter from the editors
dear readers, obviously, we are just under the wire here. sincerest apologies, but gratitude for your patience. this is the biggest issue of maps for teeth that we’ve ever published, and […]
adaeze elechi
Reasons I Don’t Belong / Call Me Adaeze Reason #1: I know whenever the teacher gets to my name on the roll without them even having to say anything I […]
julian randall
A Tale of 2 Bloodz After J. Cole Verse 1 (The Black Comes Out) Since a youngin’ always dreamed of being one thing I’m a half breed my nigga I […]
george abraham
George Abraham is a Palestinian-American poet attending Swarthmore College. He competed in poetry slams including CUPSI (placing 2nd out of 68 international teams in 2016), NPS, and IWPS. He is […]
diannely antigua
AMY WINEHOUSE TELLS ME ABOUT MY BOYFRIEND Do you remember the way he crossed the bridge, joyride, blunt in hand, played one of my songs, said I was his favorite […]
john f. quinonez
Anise (Cochitos) Make our Miracles of Earth Smirk with the Morning Sweet \The Thick of Molasses A Burn that Lingers Long Enough to Confess It was Worth to Reach […]
amanda saunders
Unclaimed My father and I stand on either side of the splintering kitchen table, hurling words like missiles, my grandmother, the no man’s land between us. I picture her, nine […]
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