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By Angie Sijun Lou“This year so far, I had said, Hello, Goodbye, Do you have change for twenty dollars, Where is the bathroom, and I love you. I had meant every word.”
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The Unexpected Literary History of the Dildo
By Izabella Scott“The poem treats the dildo with the inflated seriousness of a mock epic, describing its hero with astonishing material precision.”
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By Brian Ma“I said that whatever happened in the chaos back then was just chaos, which meant there was no way to imagine if things had gone differently.”
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The Uncanny Catharsis of the AI Emomercial
By Jean Garnett“The new kind of AI skincare ad is a subgenre in a rampant category that I have come to think of as ‘Purification Slop.’ ”
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By Tomoka Shibasaki“I’d almost forgotten why we were heading to Himeji Castle in the first place.”
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By Eka Kurniawan“The kids saw the scars on his fingers, that big slice on his pinkie, proof of his diligent practice morning, midday, afternoon, and night.”
