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“The Pericardium”, by Norbert Hirschhorn
“One Escaped” and Other Poems, by Joan Leotta
“The Goddess Does Not Despair” and Other Poems, by Debra Kaufman
“The lament of a future daughter of Neptune” and Other Poems, by Lucy Holme
“The Final Moments of Mata Hari” and Other Poem, by Bernard Pearson
“Lost at Sea ” and Other Poems, by Shirin Zeyaei
“Gaia”, by Roisin Ní Neachtain
“Fireworks” and Other Poems, by Jenny Bates
“Quiet woman” and Other Poems, by Eva Gerretsen
“hook” and Other Poems, by Chris Murray
“Sisterhood”, by Semra Eren-Nijhar
“Gift”, by Hibah Shabkhez
“Hatchlings”, by Binu Karunakaran
“Gunshot” and “Of Glass”, by Anna Aksenova
“Copperhead”, by Chapman Hood Frazier
“Which Will It Be?” by Yahia Lababidi
“Backward and Abysm”, by Alan Forrest Hickman
Art by Tomoko Nagao
The Feminine: Interview with Romalyn Ante
“The Woman” and Other Poem, by Catherine O’Brien
“Dream of a Better You”, by Abdullah Ghanem
Feature: Ruth Padel
Food Art by Jolanda Stokkermans
Art: by Jaye Schlesinger
“Kitchen Song” and other poems, by Debra Kaufman
Art: “Empty Fridges”, by Pamela Chrabieh
“Alphabet Virtues”, by Hanna A. Saadeh
Poetry: “The Woman Who Loves to Cook” and other poems, by Florence Nash
Art: by Serse Luigetti
Art: by Dixie Junius
Art: by Carole Mora
Recommended Reads: Editor’s Picks
‘3 Mysterious Dishes’, by Pierre Cardascia
“Parched”, by Shirin Zeyaei
Editor’s Note: Escapism, Art, and Literature
Poetry: “Relish in the Remaining” and “Slower than Moontide”, by Perla Kantarjian
Essay: “A Lion in the Street: Acedia, Spiritual Depression, and Creative Will”, by Claude Barbre
Essay: “Corona Crises”, by Houra Mirhashemi
Fiction: “Rose Knows “, by Zach Murphy
Photography: “Palimpsests: Presences of Others”, by Salma Caller
Poem: “Coquelicot”, by Dr. Roula-Maria Dib
Risk: Art on Canvas by Lorette Luzajic
Art from Dr. Pamela Chrabieh’s “Duwama” Collection
On Separation, Eternity, and the Infinite by Artist Reem Bassous
Essay: “And Quite Without Damnation”, by Dr. Adnan Mahmutović
Fiction: Into the Water, by Nireka Dhameja
Poem: “Fatherland”, by Dr. Hanna Saadeh
Poems by Joan Leotta
Art on Canvas by Amal Haig
Recommended Reads
Poems by Maryam A. Wajdi
Fiction: “Stark White”, by Awais Khan
Poems by Dr. Hedy Habra
Fiction: “Loving the Broken, Being the Forbidden”, by Nour Rouhana
Poem: “Eyes of the Skin in the Face of Nihilism”, by Elham Al-Dweik
Skin in the Game: Interview with Professor Fiona Sampson (MBE)
Editor’s Note: Tolerance, “a harmony in difference”
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