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Fall 2025 Issue 27.2

Featuring essays by Emily Collins, Carrie Messenger, Wendy S. Palmer, Elizabeth Logan Harris, Sibbie O’Sullivan, Stephanie Anderson, Marianne Janack, Suzanne Roberts, Andrew Bertaina, Jeanne Kay, Lindsey Pharr, Debra Dean, Sarah Olson, Beth Alvarado, Jerry Mathes, Brad Aaron Modlin, Claire Hansen, Jeanine Eyre Bee,. Review Essays by Susan Ito and Amy Lee Scott.

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The Body is a Vessel

The Body is a Vessel

Check out “The Body is a Vessel” by Jesse Lee Kercheval, honorable mention in our 2023 Multimedia Essay Prize.

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Thoughts on Thot: Fragments, Echoes, Bullets, Hauntings

Thoughts on Thot: Fragments, Echoes, Bullets, Hauntings

Thoughts on Thot: Fragments, Echoes, Bullets, Hauntings By Chanté L. Reid96 pp. Sarabande Books, $17.95Released October 2022Chanté L. Reid’s Thot, though only 80 pages, is immense. Reid jam-packs the pages of her book-length essay in scope, emotion, thought, and...

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CONTEST NEWS – Multimedia Prize

CONTEST NEWS – Multimedia Prize

Judge Kelcey Ervick described this year’s Multimedia Essay Prize winner as “unlike any Choose Your Own Adventure Story I’ve ever experienced.” Learn more about this year’s winner, and explore the winning essay yourself.

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