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

upfromsumdirt is a writer & visual artist residing in Kentucky and is the author of two poetry collections, Deifying A Total Darkness (2020) and To Emit Teal (2020).
  • Fair Gabbro & the Reclamation of Time (a sonnic)

    Fair Gabbro & the Reclamation of Time (a sonnic)

    We’re thrilled to publish upfromsumdirt’s “Fair Gabbro & the Reclamation of Time,” part of a longer poetic suite exploring myth, fairy tales, and the history of the slave trade.

  • Tea with Bojangles

    Tea with Bojangles

    by upfromsumdirt: for fuck’s sake is why you come as did your /elders a century before breaking / bread over caviar and raspberries