An independent, ad-free leftist magazine of critical essays, poetry, fiction, and art.

Mandy Shunnarah (they/them) is an Alabama-born, Palestinian-American writer of essays, poetry, short stories, and journalism who now calls Columbus, Ohio, home. Their first book, Midwest Shreds: Skating Through America’s Heartland, is forthcoming from Belt Publishing. Read more at mandyshunnarah.com.
  • Two Poems for Palestine

    Two Poems for Palestine

    Two poems by Palestinian American writer Mandy Shunnarah. Full of grief, rage, and deep historical memory, they ask us: “On what day of creation was god the architect of hell?”