Issue 11 explores the powerful intersections of body, land, and liberation, offering a meditation on regeneration amidst the harsh realities of nationalism, borders, and systemic oppression. Through the work of writers and artists like Jehan Roberson, Jasmine Reid, Bani Amor, Christian Collier, and Bahaar Ahsan, this issue confronts the physical and emotional tolls of exclusion, violence, and imperialism, while imagining new possibilities for solidarity, healing, and resistance. The body emerges as a resilient source of strength, seen in Lia Clay’s multi-generational portraits of femininity and Jon Henry’s poignant photography series “Stranger Fruit,” which captures the grief of American violence toward the Black body. Each piece in Issue 11 navigates the personal and political, questioning how we love, survive, and resist in the face of historical and ongoing trauma. From Moonbones Evolutionary’s radical reclamation of spirituality in “Quantum Negress Tantras” to Shebana Coelho’s reflections on the future in “mud,” the contributors invite readers to consider the body not as a battleground but as a place of transformation and hope. This issue asks us to hold space for each other, for the land, and for the regenerative power of art as we collectively navigate a world defined by struggle yet sustained by resilience.
