New flash essay: "But as promised, this is a story about mangoes. A fruit many in America seem to feel starving nostalgia for." — @minyoungleeis, "Sometimes I Feel Lonely in the Diaspora Because I Don’t Have a Mango Poem, So I Wrote a Mango Story" buff.ly/3DPDfJ9

Associate shorts editor Dacia Price on today’s bonus flash: "Facts ricochet off grief as stories interrupt other stories. This micro-short masterfully captures multitudes in a single moment of 'exchange.'" Read "Exchange" by Peter Krumbach here: passagesnorth.com/passagesnorthc…

"Two raccoons—one bigger, one smaller. Every night, at the curb. They don’t run away when I walk by. Just stand up on their hind legs and approach me, the front paws—eerie, dexterous—held close to their chests...." 🦝🦝

Did I forget to tweet about it for two days? Yes! Does that mean that Friday's bonus poem by @CdEskilson is any less of a banger? ABSOLUTELY NOT! Read "What I Am" by CD Eskilson here: passagesnorth.com/passagesnorthc…

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Today's bonus short it a lovely, cozy, spooky little story with a title too long for tweeting by Kate Tooley Read it here: passagesnorth.com/passagesnorthc…

Associate editor Julia Kooi Talen on today’s bonus essay: "gilbert’s wit and brevity astounded me, and I circled back to essay’s beginning right when I hit the end." Read "Ouroborous" by grace (ge) gilbert here: passagesnorth.com/passagesnorthc…

DeSantis is NOT a centrist. DeSantis wants to ban almost all abortion. He opposes Covid vaccination for kids. He signed a "Don't Say Gay" law and banned all gender-affirming care for trans youth. These policies cost lives and are NOT centrist positions.

Without further ado (was there any ado to begin with?), we're stoked to present PN's nominations for …: Serrina Zou, Gerardo Sámano Córdova, Kyle Flak, @YangYunya, Matt Mastricova, and Isaac Pickell

unrepressed some gay Kingdom Hearts memories tonight and i guess i gotta write an essay about it now

This is totally untrue. The government scuppered a deal by inserting last-minute clauses into the offer from the RDG and then insisted that there should be no further negotiation.

Associate editor @druwalker94 says the turn in today's bonus poem "reminds the reader that even the harsh sunlight cutting through soft shade can still warm our cool skin." Read "A Break in Shade" by Robert Carr here: passagesnorth.com/passagesnorthc…

Associate Editor Sally Geiger says today's bonus poem "is a celebration of love in flux with the brutal yet banal nature of our changing trans bodies." Read T4T by Sebastian Merrill here: passagesnorth.com/passagesnorthc…

Editor-in-chief Jennifer A. Howard says today’s bonus flash "is a beautiful reminder that everything remains a subject of proper wonder in the hands of a writer who refuses to be underwhelmed." Read "Not Interested" by Sarah Dunphy-Lelii here: passagesnorth.com/passagesnorthc…

Associate Editor Heath Joseph Wooten on today’s bonus poem: “Like an ephemeral interaction with a stranger on the bus, “Brown Bodies” will turn and turn in your mind long beyond its ending.” Read “Brown Bodies” by Amber Blaeser-Wardzala here: passagesnorth.com/passagesnorthc…

HEY YOU! I bet you didn't know we're still OPEN for the Ray Ventre Memorial Nonfiction and Elinor Benedict Poetry prizes! I bet you also didn't know you could win $1,000 and a pub! Submit now! Subs close April 15!!

For the first time in the history of Rutgers University, all three faculty, grad, EOF, and postdoc unions have voted to go on strike. Monday morning, we are ON STRIKE. See you on the picket line. #RUOnStrike

Issue Eight has landed: alienliterarymagazine.com/issue-eight

Our submissions are open: alienmagazine.submittable.com/submit Prose - 3,000 words Poetry - 1 poem Art - 6 images

I have an essay in here about polar bears and moms! Big thanks to Zero and congrats to the whole Passages North crew on a beautiful issue