Nam Hoang Tran

“Visiting a cemetery was not how I originally envisioned kick-starting a restful winter break.”

Will Carter

“If I’d been a step out of place in either direction, I would not have found this.”

Thushanthi Ponweera

Those days, I knew what time it was
and I didn’t have to wonder
what was happening beyond my room door. 

Jowell Tan

Sometimes the only way to find freedom is to set yourself adrift.

Kenneth Pobo

In his blue Nudie suit,
he looked like fireworks
seen from a barn loft. 

Gabriel Noel

By media standards, Bill Watterson is a recluse. But Calvin and Hobbes demonstrated the creative potential of the solitary imagination left to its own devices.

Kenneth Pobo

“This morning I’m thinking about things I loved in 1967.  I’m starting out with The Monkees.”

Purnima Anand

How to exorcise a painful love from the tip of your tongue.

Catalina Aranguren

Photographic meditations on moments of isolation.

Jordan Starck

“To the “nigger” scribbler
scrambling in the dark:”

Camila Contreras

“We wander in the sun before stopping
–along the banks of the River Teith
my feet are at rest, but my mind is flying far away” 

Barbara Daniels

“I walked among trees 

every day till I found a swastika
painted on asphalt.”

José Roldan, Jr.

“I’ve dealt with anxiety for as long as I can remember, but it has been a beast these past seven months.”

Kelly Esparza

“I was drawn to a place I’d never been to before. It was like a secret that I’d stumbled upon—one that was special and all mine.”

Daniel Romo

“When you are here, you are always on a permanent vacation from gentrification.” 

Elianna Lippold-Johnson

“We are sorry to inform you
but the house must come down.” 

Marisabel Rodriguez Ramos

A conversation on birds and the anthropocene with Erik Anderson, author of ​Bird (Bloomsbury, 2020)