from GULF EPISTOLARY Erin Slaughter content warning: sexual violence Dear P: There’s nothing new to say about the ocean, that grotesque centipede. Its ugly, sloshing prayer—which is the noise of us, and is us. In the new year, my hot water heater grinds itself...
Mariah Bell is an artist, writer, and graphic designer from Harlem, New York. Currently she attends NYU’s Gallatin School where she is creating her own major around written and visual media with a focus on representation. Her creative goal for all of her work is...
On the Nature of Foxing an Introduction Dear Reader, It is with great joy and gratitude that I welcome you to the newly furred and fanged edition of Boyfriend Village: The Fox Boyfriend. I hope you find the boyfriends in this issue creaturely and darling. I...
And yes, I will have this act again Emilie Menzel https://bwr.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/BWR-Menzel.wav https://bwr.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/BWR-Menzel.wav And yes, I will have this act again. I will see it through like a whimper, cold shoulders in the...
A Beast Needs to Hunt and I Must be Caught Elaine Hsieh Chou My huli jing has a fetish for human flesh. He thinks we are playing a game. He douses my hair in fermented bean curd and anoints my teeth with pickled fingerroot. How we root and root! He dangles milkcap...
Black Warrior Review is pleased to announce that we’ll be reading submissions for our third online edition, Boyfriend Village. Submissions open March 1st and close March 31st. Boyfriend Village wants work that hungers and howls, that settles into bed soft and full of...