By Allison Grimaldi-Donahue

MARIE ANTOINETTE

/ Kate Millar
I saw Marie Antoinette riding the subway yesterday. The honest-to-god queen of France. You might […]

Str8, No Chaser

/ Agnese Roda and Nick Hadikwa Mwaluko
I’m doing research on women before my transition into manhood. I figure a new body […]

poems from Las Mujeres no hablan así

/ Nemir Matos-Cintrón trans. Joseph Ellison Brockway
(Hoy canto a las mujeres tierra)   Today I sing to the Earth Mothers Luisa […]

A translator’s friend request

/ Katy Derbyshire
15/01/2015 10:34 Katy Hello Heike, thanks for the friend request. The thing is, I use […]

rose, the wily thistle

/ Sebastian Schulman
  rose, the wily thistle by Sebastian Schulman (found in “The Song of Songs: A […]

CACTUSES IN MOTION //

/ Megan Gulch
CACTUSES IN MOTION // m + c had a disagreement about cactuses. About how old […]

German for Newcomers— an excerpt

/ Stine Marie Jacobsen
    German for Newcomers is a German language project and a workshop by Danish […]

The Rain

/ by Abdellah Taïa translated by Emma Ramadan & Chris Clarke
Hell, literally.   Summer had lasted too long that year. It was February and, nearly […]

Welcome to the 2nd Queer Translation Issue

/ Allison Grimaldi-Donahue
Welcome to the Second (semi) Annual Queen Mob’s Teahouse Queer Translation Issue. Funny, but between […]

FLOTILLA TO THE WEDDING

/ Avee Chaudhuri
White Andrew and Marie were going to be married on a private island in Quatsino […]

Signs in the earth

/ Clíodhna Walsh
Their new bungalow was not far from the park, and in the evenings they would […]

Okay, alright

/ Madeline Weiss
“Have you ever seen Capote?” I took a sip of my wine. “That’s the one […]

My Violet Hour

/ Daniel R. Adler
The sky was purple when I woke from a dreamless sleep, so different from the […]

G_____

/ Ansgar Allen
  I sit among the books and scraps of books he arrived with. G_____ he […]

Mars, 1887

/ Adam McOmber
The sky is dark. The sun is dark. Rusted hills stand in a half-circle. They […]

Cat

/ Steven Earnshaw
From that social stock Ash repeats ‘I can see you’re angry’.

Cut One, Cut Out.

/ Jim Meirose
I really have to be moving on— No, no—no, you got to hear it to […]

DEHISCENCE

/ Tetman Callis
I am tired of myself and I will starve myself into submission. But first, I […]

The Triangle

/ Zoe Goldstein
  I.   The Aunt allowed the girl one pleasure: half a glass of Coca-Cola […]

Only Lilian

/ Ilana Masad
Lilian likes to say things about herself. She likes to say she is a dreamer. […]

One of Those Nights

/ Rebecca Hannigan
One of Those Nights / It is one of those nights when you are lying […]

Mr. Girard Strikes Again

/ Luke Kokoszka
Anger is what you feel. No sympathy, no compassion, no understanding. You feel anger, and […]

Carrieanne & The Old Voice

/ Sean Whiteman
    Carrieanne is a ten year-old portion of the American Pie. Her golden locks […]

Naomi

/ Ellen Chai
  I Today is the birth and death day of my daughter, Naomi. The year, […]

Yellow Water

/ David Henson
Every night, before I can get any sleep myself, I slip into the rooms of […]

After Hours

/ Julia Horwitz
Motor oil dripping off the dinner plate should have stained my dress. The fitted blue […]