Every morning the sparrows sing
Every day there is another funeral
I am a fraud
A mouth is always open: 口
The tongue declares itself: زبان
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Nearly seven years after we first began, The Seventh Wave is beginning a new chapter for our community-built magazine.
Starting with Issue 16 in 2023, we now... Read More.
The Coop in August
The form asks for my job. Stay-at-home-parent, a response given by the dozen, lands wrong these months. I hold a prism over the words, bendth... Read More.
No One is Taking the Doughnut Shortage Seriously (and all that that implies)
— or the ketchup packet oneover in the adjacent deli, the dearth of good strawberri... Read More.
In 1996, the year my mother died of a heroin overdose, Purdue Pharma started to sell OxyContin in the United States. The company aggressively marketed and promo... Read More.
This disappearing, how it makes house become island, as inland pushes outland. Outlandish, you say, this push and pull—in your hurricane’s eye, everything calms... Read More.
I want my story to be ordinary. for Andrea C. Ruiz Costas and Keishla M. Rodríguez Ortiz
Nicole Arocho Hernández grew up in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico... Read More.
In Bad Faith
Elsewhere a bell rings medieval in its calling and here
I fumble for a reliquary, any bit of cloth or bone
my religion left m... Read More.
Quail rise in ruffles from the sage. Pebbles I scraped into my knee look like they belong there. A minor abrasion, something to settle with alcohol. My pants c... Read More.
For this issue, we are asking you to dig deep into the root of a word, a concept, or a belief, and to tell us what you find. What are the institutions — family, religion, education, and beyond — that dictate your understanding of the world, and where do you locate the sting of disillusionment?
We are thrilled to introduce the featured artwork for Issue 13: Rebellious Joy, which was designed by Bianca Ng, TSW's 2020-2021 Artist in Residence. The featu... Read More.
The below essay, "rest begets rest," was written by Bianca Ng, TSW's 2020-2021 Artist in Residence, for Issue 13: Rebellious Joy. This essay is one of three pa... Read More.
Issue 14: Economies of Harm
Our lives are defined by a complex matrix of values — what we prioritize and what we’re willing to sacrifice. But for many of ... Read More.
An Essay on Processing
TSW Art Director, Meg Sykes, on creating the featured image for Issue 13: Rebellious Joy
When I began working on the art ... Read More.
We are so excited to share with you this cohort of voice.
In Issue 13: Rebellious Joy, you will find a texture of voice that is as deep as it is wide, as pa... Read More.
