Winner of the 2022 Etel Adnan Poetry Prize, Maya talks to Summer about algorithms, challenging forms, and finding parts of ourselves in different cities.

Stephanie takes us on a transformative and reflective journey of her life with therapy.

The multi-hyphenated creative and iconic essayist on spirituality, craft, wellness, and the Muslim girl experience.

The writer and abolitionist community organizer on the afterlife, the death of representation politics, the inspiration of the long historical arc of activism, and living beyond the expectations of white, capitalist society.

“[J]ust existing and doing things authentically. Just having fun. Not caring about what people think. Doing things with as much truth as possible,” the sweet-thang editor-in-chief on her perception of joy.

The Saudi indie singer on her songwriting process, aspirations, and more.

Two poems on longing for the sea, watermelons, ancestors, and illegal settlements.

Raw reflections on grief, renewal, and rebirth.

“what a difficult, scary / place to be, at the cliff / of your self.”

Intricate reflections on the beginnings and ends of all things.

“what curious, impossible wonder, / the passage of time.”

Manal delves into her familial connection with storytelling and how it pulled her together.

A poem celebrating death, in all its shapes and sizes.

Rania’s personal journey on performance, imagining better versions of herself, and the surrender of being a work-in-progress.

A personal essay on Palestine, diaspora, and fragmentation.

On migration, homelands, and more.

A three-part poem on the nuances of grief and mourning one’s grandmother, with the cultural and geographic implications of being in Bahrain.

On carefully curated playlists for the sake of residual love.

“I loved stardom, the kingdom of literary salons,”

A visual poem.

Environmental reflections on rebirth.

Little reminders of the love we carry within us.

Roadtrip sketches.

Cycles of growth and reinvention.

Stephanie takes us on a transformative and reflective journey of her life with therapy.

Raw reflections on grief, renewal, and rebirth.

Manal delves into her familial connection with storytelling and how it pulled her together.

Two poems on longing for the sea, watermelons, ancestors, and illegal settlements.

“what a difficult, scary / place to be, at the cliff / of your self.”

“what curious, impossible wonder, / the passage of time.”

Environmental reflections on rebirth.

Little reminders of the love we carry within us.

Roadtrip sketches.