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"You Should Do As I Have Done" by Douglas Campbell

Short Story

When the Soil Softens

by Tilbe Akan

Another winter night. Again. There is no summer anymore, only winter and darkness. It’s almost always dark now. Every day, it seems the sun tries to ...read the full piece

Flash Fiction

Cloth

by Niels Bekkema

He would have liked to try sentences — to feel their weight. Better still, he would have liked to stand up, to extend his back and press the crown of ...read the full piece

Short Story

Abandoning a Pet

by Áron Bartal

He was gonna be the rest of my life.I was his and he was mine.We cut through the forest, like blades.Our edges defined us.I was sixteen and he was too ...read the full piece

Essay

A Farce in the Cultural Revolution

by Sue Tong

A Child’s Handwriting Sparked a Storm When the Cultural Revolution broke out in 1966, our family — branded among the “Black Five Categories” — was ...read the full piece

Essay

Your Anger Is Entrusted to Me

by Helin Yüksel

Dedicated to Leyla[1], all Leylas, and Ünzile[2], all Ünziles By growing up around 16 women from both sides, Mom’s and Dad’s, 10-year-old she already ...read the full piece

Essay

Exits Exist

by Karen Cheung

The city is frothing with bodies and I am pacing, collecting. I landed in Hong Kong on November 16, 2023, and found that I no longer speak its ...read the full piece

Poetry

False Positives

by Sarp Sozdinler

The test said I was53% Middle Eastern19% Caucasus0% certainty and 100% tryingto build a nest out ofmortar and bricks I scrolled past the mapzoomed in ...read the full piece

"The Process of Creation" by Atzin Garcia

Poetry

Wallflowers Are Black

by Hajer Requiq

I am not the same woman you left.That woman was chinaware, pottery-work.I have nothing to do with things that break.My mother gave birthto a huddle of ...read the full piece

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Issue Fall '25

In Conversation

Love and Its Many Tints — A Review of Juhea Kim’s “A Love Story From the End of the World”

A Woman’s Life, Out of Line — A Review of “Girls Who Stray” by Anisha Lalvani

A Brief and Personal History of Literary Translingualism — An Interview with Natasha Lvovich

A Plurality of Women’s Lives — A Review of “Talking With Boys” by Tayyba Kanwal

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Tint Journal Authors Awarded with Pushcart Prize(s)

Fall '25: Out Now!

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