Talking Writing Magazine

Hello, You Said

Comic by Dave Sims

Trapped between tomorrow and today....

Isaac and Ava

Short Story by Sidura Ludwig

Ava says, 'Uncle Isaac, please. We need to look after him. You need to help me.'

Khomeini’s Mausoleum

Essay by Mojgan Ghazirad

I felt as if I were standing under a giant tent erected on top of a jewelry box that bore the Ayatollah’s body.

Encouraging Awe

Essay by Catherine Owens

A growing number of Americans experience ecoanxiety—defined as a ‘chronic fear of environmental doom.’

How I Became an Amateur

Essay by Rebecca Taksel

I couldn’t hear if the other men present said anything or whether they laughed; I was deaf to everything except the pulsing roar in my head.

Water in Chicago

Poem by Ayla Goktan

Every ‘I,’ every eye, is political

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