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“She broke the barriers between us; my mother placed a soft hand on my tall and stoic dad’s arm and whispered, ‘That must’ve been Rory, wanting to say hello.’” From “The Lorikeet,” an essay, by Cait Lyn Adamson. theoffingmag.com/essay/the-lo...

“himpotence Tendency to blame others while failing to stand up for oneself.” From “The New World Dictionary of Male Behavior,” new Wit Tea by Suellen Mayfield. theoffingmag.com/wit-tea/the-...

“Poets flagellated by their Muse. Poets turned out and ridden by their Muse. Poets, sucking off their Muse. Poets worshiping their Muse.” From “Selections from The Garden of Poets,” a poem by Leónidas Lamborghini, translated from Spanish by Anayvelyse Allen-Mossman. theoffingmag.com/translation/...

“There’s something I want to lift up and have reverence for. There’s also something I want to smash on that altar and make sense here.” From this week’s Q&A with Patrycja Humienik, author of We Contain Landscapes, by Shlagha Borah. theoffingmag.com/interviews/q...

“She felt a strange impulse to study these photos to be sure she remembered her brother’s face. Funny things happen to memory over time, everyone knew that.” From the Archives: “Preludes,” a short story, by Meron Hadero, originally published on January 4th, 2016. theoffingmag.com/fiction/arch...

“My once and future body, sandwiching himself between me And my ex-lovers, failing to announce how any of us Might like to be touched.” From “My Once and Future Body,” a poem by Dylan Mcnulty-Holmes. theoffingmag.com/poetry/my-on...

“always, there is so much i do not want. but still, the sweep of daylight.” From “ruminations,” a Micro poem, by Ivi Hua theoffingmag.com/micro/rumina...

“Another theory: I don’t know how to stop my body from constantly arriving before me.” From “Is Everyone Else Here Also Thinking about Desire,” a Wit Tea humor piece by Susan Nguyen. theoffingmag.com/wit-tea/is-e...

“That’s a theme in my work: food culture, human rights, access to land, and taste.” From “Migration of People, Plants and Ideas,” an interview with artist Sarah K. Khan by Divya Gangwani. theoffingmag.com/art/migratio...

Congratulations to all of our nominees for the Pushcart Prize! ⭐️ (@kristindsanders.bsky.social)

“I think any wrestling I had came from the fun in finding solutions to formal challenges. There’s also the pleasure of sharing what you love with others.” From this week's Q&A with Duy Doan, Author of Zombie Vomit Mad Libs and Gauri Awasthi. theoffingmag.com/interviews/q...

"Any story can be told over & over & over again. The newness is in the questions you’re asking, even if you don’t have an answer.” — @theoffingmag.bsky.social EIC Vonetta Young on what reading the slush pile taught her about good writing. blogs.gothamwriters.com/2025/11/18/n... #WritingCommunity

“When he reappeared on the other side, whole again, we let out a breath we hadn’t noticed holding, our bodies learning the rhythm of escape.“ From “Of Mice, Maps and Memory” an Insight essay by L.F. Khouri. theoffingmag.com/insight/of-m...

“spare my daughters who feel love’s pulse in every place.” From “walatta petros prays about desire,” a poem by Hiwot Adilow. theoffingmag.com/poetry/walat...

“I am expected to answer in every season—yes I am, no, I don’t want what it makes me, yes maybe my fear has followed.” From “Another Nameless Sea” and “Dear, Dirty Dublin,” two Micro poems, by Jo Bear. theoffingmag.com/micro/anothe...

“This sea does not look like my sea. It’s summer and yet the water seems frozen. The faraway ocean—our ocean—is always warm.” From “Passage,” a short story by Aurora Arias, translated from Spanish by Coryna Ogunseitan. theoffingmag.com/translation/...

“The best a door can do is reveal a lifetime’s worth of stories— a lifetime’s worth of goings and comings. I am trying to do much, much more.“ From “Self-Portrait Through Many Doors,” an essay by Claudia Owusu. theoffingmag.com/essay/self-p...

“The twenty-year-old version of herself hovers, ghostlike, over the reality of her skin.” From “The Instagram Mothers,” new Wit Tea humor by Kristin Sanders. theoffingmag.com/wit-tea/the-...

“I know you know, but it seems useful to think of it as it is to a bird: sometimes the sky turns into a window, sometimes behind the glass is glass.” From “Galápagos: Environmental Impact Assessment,” a BOTE essay, by Michael Hurley. theoffingmag.com/backoftheenv...

We're loving this beautiful poem on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY 💗 Contributor @inacarino.bsky.social has a poem in @theoffingmag.bsky.social we know you'll enjoy: buff.ly/bKHLWnl

“There’s an eyelash-shaped creek that cleaves the hills above our beetle-backed houses.“ From the Archives: “Xiaogui / 小鬼 & "Arcadia” Fiction by K-Ming Chang, originally published on July 06, 2020. theoffingmag.com/fiction/from...

“The dislocation of my voice calls back to me as though I am both Orpheus and Eurydic without passage or hum.” From “Kay Sage Silences the Wind,” a new Poem by By Simone Muench & Jackie K. White. theoffingmag.com/poetry/kay-s...

“surely they would know we are of the same shape” From “surely there is someone,” a new Micro piece by Ina Cariño ( @inacarino.bsky.social ). theoffingmag.com/micro/surely...

“As I drift to sleep, I wonder who the real me is and who’s the imposter.” From the Archives: “House of Mirrors: Jordan Peele’s Us Reflects My Split Selves” an Insight essay by Shannon Luders-Manuel, originally published on October 29th, 2020. theoffingmag.com/insight/arch...

“The migratory law penalized all crossing. Still, the young men couldn’t stay home.” From the Archives: “The Chicken’s Eggs” a Translation by María Cristina Hall, originally published on September 22nd, 2022. theoffingmag.com/translation/...

“REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MAMMALS” From “12 Cartoons,” new Comics by Maik Banks. theoffingmag.com/art/comics/c...

Congratulations to all of our nominees this year for Best of the Net! Check them out below:

“Join us in celebrating fifty years of vampires helping humans by sucking their blood. Claim your spot now!” From “Sundown Spa® Vampires Encourage You To Book A Rejuvenating Blood-Letting,” new Wit Tea by Tobi Pledger. theoffingmag.com/wit-tea/sund...

“⟿ no poems ⟿ no reading ⟿ no beautiful bodies.” From “false revelation,” a new Micro by T.R. San. theoffingmag.com/micro/false-...

“I’m very good at hiding a lot of my own inner turmoil. Part of that is me letting some of that out of myself and into some other shape.” From a new Q&A with author of Show Me Where the Hurt Is Hayden Casey and Ashaki M. Jackson. theoffingmag.com/interviews/q...

“There is a backstory here, of course, to how they became Husband and Wife.” From “Floating Down, Unafraid,” a new Insight essay by Carolina Pfister. theoffingmag.com/insight/floa...

“Before I could even call his name, a dance came to me, from somewhere beyond the hall, somewhere long before I was born, when all this was ordinary: earth, water, love.” From “Only Hands,” a new Poem by Michelle Phương Hồ. theoffingmag.com/poetry/only-...

"We stand precisely in the doorway—neither both nor none. Guest nor host. Speak in neutral tenses, dress in night palettes. Half our verbs are borrowed, but everything makes sense." From “Bihoods,” a new Back of the Envelope piece by Warren C. Longmire. theoffingmag.com/backoftheenv...

I got to edit another essay by @mcrane12.bsky.social and now you all get to read it in @theoffingmag.bsky.social. If you've followed the impact of ACLs on WoSo in recent years, it's a must read.

“I don’t know where to begin. That, and there is no end, because as old as this pain is, it feels forever fresh.” From “Sidelined, or No Pain, No Gain,” a new Essay by Mac Crane. theoffingmag.com/essay/sideli...

“The men are quite pleased, light again on their feet after so many years of plodding steps. To and fro they spin, they waltz, they dance.” From “The Leaf Blower Apocalypse,” a new Wit Tea piece by N.J. Webster. theoffingmag.com/wit-tea/the-...

“the first time I saw my legs could carry me faster when I dressed less modestly, I learned more about my dad’s god than He ever told me.” From “grime” a new Micro by Deborah Brown. theoffingmag.com/micro/grime/

“In abandoned barns behind campus, watch her tongue curl around the words of your second language. Match your tongue to hers.” From “물귀신 | Mul Gwishin” and "Hip Deep in the Chesapeake," Fiction by Kat Lewis, originally published on February 1st, 2021. theoffingmag.com/fiction/arch...

“In the hills the fire-frightened wildlife are drawn to the scent of what has burned, as I still smell you weeks after leaving my home.” From “Aubade,” a new Poem by Benjamin Bartu. theoffingmag.com/poetry/aubade/

Today in @theoffingmag.bsky.social: an excerpt from Steve Majors @600mildollarman.bsky.social's forthcoming memoir, Man Made: Searching for Dads, Daddies, Father Figures, and Fatherhood: theoffingmag.com/insight/blac...

“With time, I see the only doubts about my Blackness lie within me, not my kids. To my Black daughters, I am no different than other fathers.” From “Black Dad” a new Insight essay by Steve Majors. theoffingmag.com/insight/blac...

"I like knowing that Terence Greer felt his legacy appreciated during his lifetime." From "Internet Ephemera and a Mid-century London Artist" new Art by Tracy J. Prince. theoffingmag.com/art/internet...

“On the morning I turned forty, I woke early, compelled to write—not to preserve the past, but to reshape it.” From “The Spell of Exile” new Essay by Chris Campanioni (@chriscampanioni.bsky.social). theoffingmag.com/essay/the-sp...

“Incident: Heard shouting at midnight (quiet hours violation). Went to kitchen and found Andrew, Hunter, and Thomas (RA, floor 3) drunk. Thomas and Hunter not wearing shirts. Andrew not wearing pants.” From “Incident Reports” new Wit Tea by Shannon Mahoney. theoffingmag.com/wit-tea/inci...

“they could take him any day now they are taking one a day now” From “Refuge,” new Poem by Edythe Rodriguez. theoffingmag.com/micro/refuge/

“C Pam Zhang: Books started out as escapism for me, and I want my writing to maintain some of that.” From a Q&A with C Pam Zhang, author of “Are They Vampires, or Are They Just Chinese?" Originally published May 1st, 2017. theoffingmag.com/interviews/a...

“I return to the perfect green field, the perfect blue sky, where it feels impossible that anything has ever ended, or ever could end.” From “bliss, eternity,” a new Insight essay by Nikki Barnhart. theoffingmag.com/insight/blis...