[Image: Sara Williams, shitfuck] By Sara Williams Be nobody. You are infinite space, pearly everlasting, a perfect, pure moment. Now, this: get in the bedroom and watch the dance—put a…
Name Tags
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NAME TAGS #11: 13 Ways of Looking at Liena
by Guest Contributor July 23, 2018[Photo by Liena Vayzman, Untitled Self Portrait (Eye to Eye), 2018.] By Liena Vayzman 1. Anagram of Alien 2. Rhymes with Siena or Vienna. Take your choice: the sun-saturated South…
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NAME TAGS #10: my father’s son
by Guest Contributor March 1, 2018By Logan February A name is something given, passed like a note that was never meant to be read because the receiver already knows what it says. But I…
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NAME TAGS #10: Happy Holidays
by Guest Contributor December 19, 2017by H. Melt Hi, you’ve reached H. Melt. I can’t come to the phone right now. If you leave a message, I’ll get back to you as soon as…
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NAME TAGS #9: But Alcy’s a Girl’s Name
by Alcy Leyva December 7, 2017I’ve come to the conclusion that no matter how many Twitter followers I nab, how many degrees I earn, or even how many times I file my taxes, when it…
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Name Tags #8: Bilingual Loneliness
by Guest Contributor October 26, 2017Photo taken in 2008 in Gałów, Lower Silesia, with my grandmother, Jadwiga Chabsińska née Wilczyńska, shortly before her death. On the art of feeling lonely in language and feeling less-lonely…
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NAME TAGS #7: contrapuntal name tag
by Guest Contributor October 5, 2017By K[EI] Kaimana Art by Kristen Stone Note: This contrapuntal poem is best read on screen sizes with a width of 770 pixels or greater. Smaller screen sizes may rearrange lines into…
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NAME TAGS #6: Patron Saints
by Guest Contributor September 21, 2017By Julia Dauer Photograph courtesy Julia Dauer My mother got my name from a movie. Julia came out in 1977, eleven years before I was born. It starred Vanessa Redgrave…
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NAME TAGS #5: How Naming My Family’s White Supremacy Led Me to Change My Own Name
by Guest Contributor September 7, 2017By Jessie Daniels I changed my name after I discovered a book, and a family secret, on my great aunt’s bookshelf. “Why do you have this book, Aunt Marie?” I…
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NAME TAGS #4: Legal Names, Family Names
by Guest Contributor August 2, 2017Editor’s note: This column is part of a series called Name Tags, about issues related to names and naming. You can find the original Call for Submissions here. Art by…
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NAME TAGS #2: ‘Bout My Gov’ment Name—
by Guest Contributor June 8, 2017(the writer first day of Kindergarten: julius-james dodd circa 1997) Editor’s note: This column is part of a series called Name Tags, about issues related to names and naming. You can…
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Name Tags #1: Fursonas
by Guest Contributor May 11, 2017Editor’s note: This column is part of a new series called Name Tags, about issues related to names and naming. You can find the original Call for Submissions here. Art…
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Call for Submissions: Name Tags
by M./Maybe Henry Milks April 13, 2017[art by Kristen Stone] Hello! My Name Is Maybe Henry Milks, aka/fka Megan Milks, for now. I am pleased to introduce you to Name Tags, a new column devoted to…