Interview by David Ly In the two years since Lily Wang debuted with her chapbook Everyone in Your Dream is You (Anstruther Press, 2018), she has honed her voice as a poet who poignantly speaks to contemporary culture in...
Throw Down Your ShadowsDeborah HemmingNimbus Publishing, 2020 Aubrey McKeeAlex PusgleyBiblioasis, 2020 Review by Marcie McCauley The marketing copy for Deborah Hemming’s Throw Down Your Shadows compares it to Emma Cline’s The Girls and Stephanie Danler’s Sweetbitter, whereas Alex Pugsley’s...
Nothing You Can CarrySusan AlexanderThistledown Press, 2020 Review by Neil Surkan Comprising five suites that echo and amplify one another, Susan Alexander’s sophomore collection, Nothing You Can Carry, pushes us to the limit of hope. Alongside their imagistic flourishes,...
Interview by Uchechukwu Umezurike Uchechukwu Umezurike: I want to thank you for having this conversation with me, Margaret. First off, congratulations on your latest work, charger. There are many beautiful lines in charger. My favourites are: “hear / birds...
“Carving it out sister (peace-sign emoji)” is, fittingly, a roller coaster ride and a half. The language weaves seamlessly between high and low, pausing to linger on an image, and then taking off at breakneck speed again. It’s a...
Written by Georgina BeatyArtwork Hot dawg by Jodie Langford AKA Bode Burnout Nat was biking back from the library when she heard someone yell, Get a bike light, asshole! She turned around, ready to defend, and there was Shannon,...
Interview by Emily Chou While I was compiling poems for VULGAR, “Tight Pants” was one that refused to leave my brain. Something about its incredible aural qualities and inviting voice cut through all the noise and I found myself...
We are excited to share an excerpt from “Naissance” by Theressa Slind, which appears in our VULGAR issue (59.1). “Naissance” is everything we’d hoped for in our call for submissions; it’s surprising, fun, and forces us to look at...
Photo credit: Justin Eli KahnInterview by Alex Valente Alex Valente: Somrita, thank you for agreeing to do this! Literary translation is one of those fields where everyone eventually really does know everyone else, and your name keeps cropping up,...