May 2, 2026, Los AngelesWhen my grandmother died in Iran years ago, I found out about it from an Instagram post. My cousin Salar's wife, who I've never met, had posted a black screen with white text in Farsi; I had to ...
Sixty Four Days by Shaya Tayefe Mohajer
LAR Online, Poetry
Nate had to get his coat and shoes on because his dad was coming over to take him to the city. So, if he was going to finish the tower on his block castle and put his baby airplane to bed in it, he would have to hurry. ...
Dick Move by Miriam Fried
Flash Fiction, LAR Online
We remind each other to keep quiet. In just a week, we have gotten good at creeping, at bulging our eyes and flicking up one stern finger. My grandfather is resting in the back room, and these old floorboards protest the ...
Haunted House by Haily Fukuda
LAR Online, Nonfiction
Coin-feed. Fluorescent vibrating,a cold sleeping animal. My skirts and pantyhose,singed wings that died over a black lawn,all in the drum’s bright cave. The same convex,plastic cavern where we played in the ...
The Laundromat by Jaia Bashir
LAR Online, Poetry
“I had my other arm back then, but it didn’t help,” the one-armed girl said during the morning meeting. Members were supposed to introduce themselves before speaking. She didn’t. “My previous caregiver used to ...
The Incompletes by Mohammad Saleh Sahragard
Fiction, LAR Online
The Four Spent the Day Together by Chris Kraus
Review by Myka Tucker-Abramson
Publisher: Scribner
Publication date: 2025
ISBN: 1668098687
Pages: 324
Known for her stylish, autofiction novels that are equal parts ...
The Four Spent the Day Together by Chris Kraus Review by Myka Tucker-Abramson
Book Reviews, LAR Online
MY SISTER—LIFE
The poet Gosha and his wife, the painter, Masha, invited another creative married couple over to their place. Soon enough, all the vodka had been consumed, and Gosha went out to buy another bottle. ...
Short story by Alex Galper Translated by Alex Cigale
LAR Online, Translations
Vivian tasted the high when the Alum Rock Fire devoured the oak trees by Xochi’s. I’d just paid for our birria tacos when the sky, for two months muddled and gray, darkened to anthracite. As the sirens wailed around ...
Vivian Wants to Eat the Sun by Starr Jiang
Flash Fiction, LAR Online
Before I laugh at the TikToks that make empires look ridiculous, I wake up to the messages that remind me how dangerous it is to live in their shadow. Most mornings, before my alarm even goes off, I wake to the sound ...
Mocking Empire from Minnesota: On Somali TikTok, Belonging, and the Parody of Power by Mohamoud and Haque
LAR Online, Nonfiction
