JAN 2026 / ISSUE 50

Self Portrait in Tub With Chinese Food

by Lee Price

For the past twenty years my subject matter has focused on the theme of compulsive eating and the relationship between women and food….

by Mia Nakaji Monnier and Tria Wen

the freedom we still have
pregnant writers together
in transport to an unknown place…

by Christina McPhee

Lidia’s Aurora dominates desire and the arts in Thrust, and is always moving away at light speed from any form of capture. Like the borealis she is…

by Sabrina Tom

Down to her last body, she asks a friend to wash her face, / hands soiled, eyes closed as salt / pours into her mouth, covers her head…

by Brent Van Vliet

It’s true, you’ll find proud ridge lines of broad shoulders / can make you feel the same warmth / as the driest, full-bodied red wine….

by MJ Atamian

I try to keep my eyes closed—to sink into my own body—but I can’t help looking at all the other bodies moving around me…