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Ultraviolet --for an Anikó Herbert collagethe castle you watched night after nightis nowhere to be found in the morning as the sun setsa window bursts into bloomthat one is yoursthe ...

Three Poems by Réka Ágnes Tóth Translated by Elizabeth Lukács Chesla

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When everything ends start walking east until you hit the slabs. See salvation painted on a mountain warning you to keep off the boat rusting alone in the dunes. ...

Slab City by Laura Ribitzky

LAR Online, Poetry

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Start with the cars parked deepest in shadow. You tell him to keep the can low so it doesn’t bang his knees. Don’t drag it. Don’t swing it. If somebody looks out, you’re helping. He nods like that settles it. The ...

Reserve by Brandon McNeice

Flash Fiction, LAR Online

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To feel the joy of kissing your child on the cheek at night is to sanction, even to praise, the riot of cells rotting out the gray-faced boy outside the cancer garden. --Christian Wiman   This riot of cells is the ...

Deep Remission by Gaetan Sgro

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The Monroe Girls by Antoine Volodine Translated by Alyson Waters  Review by Helen Han Wei Luo Publisher: Archipelago Books Publication date: March 17th, 2026  ISBN: 9781962770552 Pages: 245 Our Silly, Singular, ...

The Monroe Girls by Antoine Volodine Translated by Alyson Waters review by Helen Han Wei Luo

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The newlyweds had a rough summer, moneywise. Vanessa was laid off from her art therapist’s job at the women’s prison, and her husband’s draftsman’s hours were scaled back at the engineering firm. But they were ...

Vanessa by Janis Hubschman

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MinotaurLike a brave Theseus, before he would head into the labyrinth of underground garages for another night shift, he would linger to bid farewell to his wife— the one who, from Ariadne, dwindled through years into ...

Two poems written and translated by Jovana Simic Roussou

LAR Online, Translations

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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

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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

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