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image of a total solar eclipse

Threshold

By Scott Broker
Silhouette of a crowd of people wielding swords against a fiery background, as if to suggest war.

Once Upon a Time

By Natsume Sōseki, translated from Chinese by Ryan Choi
A fly sits on edge of a white flower's petal against a blurry green background.

Kingdom

By Brian Gyamfi

My Mother’s Stalker

By K-Ming Chang

Kelly Thompson

Kelly Thompson’s work has been published in BOMB, LARB, VIDA Review, Guernica, Brevity, Yoga Journal, Electric Literature, Entropy, Oh Comely, Proximity, Manifest-Station, and other literary journals, and has been nominated for two Pushcarts, most recently for "Monsters I Have Known and Loved" published in Fatal Flaw in 2020. She edits the "Voices on Addiction" column at The Rumpus. She lives in the sunlight of the spirit in Denver, Colorado.
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Interview Family & RelationshipsLit World

Gina Frangello: Truth and Consequences

By Kelly Thompson April 19, 2021
The author of the memoir Blow Your House Down talks about secrecy, accountability, and resisting happy endings.
Interview Lit World

Lacy M. Johnson: Moving the Conversation Toward Justice

By Kelly Thompson October 17, 2018
The author on her new book of essays about activism, the failure to reckon, and extracting power from pain.
Interview AmericasFamily & Relationships

Terese Mailhot: Truth Is My Aesthetic

By Kelly Thompson March 21, 2018
The author on leaving the reservation, breaking silence, and embracing complicated cross-cultural love.
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