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Literary magazine that explores, explains, questions, and troubles our experiences of embodiment. Subs open - visit www.corporeallitmag.com/submissions Cause to the effect of kith books.

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Corporeal lit mag @corporeallitmag.bsky.social · 4d

my body staged a walkout—the warning light blinking
Nicole Shepherd
Check Engine Light
www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xxi/nicoleshepherd

Nicole Shepherd — Corporeal

my body staged a walkout—the warning light blinking

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Corporeal lit mag @corporeallitmag.bsky.social · 4d

my body staged a walkout—the warning light blinking
Nicole Shepherd
Check Engine Light
www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xxi/nicoleshepherd

Nicole Shepherd — Corporeal

my body staged a walkout—the warning light blinking

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 11d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Corporeal lit mag @corporeallitmag.bsky.social · 27d

Check out the complete volume XX at www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xx

We are also open for submission to volume XXI, refer to our website for submission details.

Cover of Corporeal vol. XX featuring dark purple foliage.

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Corporeal lit mag @corporeallitmag.bsky.social · Sep 2

you trap us in your embrace for however long you want. Even trying to justify your actions is overwhelming.
Michaela Brady
Dating My Migraine
www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xx/michaelabrady

Michaela Brady — Corporeal

you trap us in your embrace for however long you want. Even trying to justify your actions is overwhelming.

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Corporeal lit mag @corporeallitmag.bsky.social · Aug 27

my time robber: he looks sick with the fear of sickness
aged by the fear of time
Steven Wright
Poem starting point-blank to the mirror
www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xx/stevenwright

Steven C. Wright — Corporeal

my time robber: he looks sick with the fear of sickness aged by the fear of time

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Corporeal lit mag @corporeallitmag.bsky.social · Aug 21

“Therefore, I am,” yeah, stuck in this meat suit.
On Cartesianism and Other Juicy Subjects
Molly Ophelia
www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xx/mollyophelia

Molly Ophelia — Corporeal

“Therefore, I am,” yeah, stuck in this meat suit.

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Corporeal lit mag @corporeallitmag.bsky.social · Aug 19

The truth, these days it turns against me more than not (period)
Alina Zollfrank
Unmentionable
www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xx/alinazollfrank

Alina Zollfrank — Corporeal

The truth, these days it turns against me more than not (period)

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Corporeal lit mag @corporeallitmag.bsky.social · Aug 14

bare my throat dumb-tongued beast if anyone’s there: let this mean something
Dara Goodale
in defence of escapism
www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xx/daragoodale

Dara Goodale — Corporeal

bare my throat dumb-tongued beast if anyone’s there: let this mean something

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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · Aug 11

"there's a war going on,
there's a bird in a cage.
there's a cure for corruption
and it's rage"
- max garcia conover

Obergefell isn't the canary. it's the first time they've come close to someone you love. catch up. get angry.

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en•gendered @en-gendered.bsky.social · Aug 11

we reopen for submissions on September first so gather those gender thoughts, we are so ready

en•gendered @en-gendered.bsky.social · Jun 3

17 creators, 32 incredible titles
en*gendered Summer 2025 is live
engenderedlitmag.com/summer2025

engendered Summer 2025
Summer 2025

cover:
line drawings of a head and shoulders and legs are bridged by splotches of menstrual blood

gender ideology is ruining poetry • Finally, a use for gender • Queering the Furniture Building Experience • poem after executive orders • poem from my deathbed • poem for the cishet woman who says including transmasc people in “women’s” issues isn’t relatable to her personally • poem in which a tech bro thinks i’m mentally ill • Frankincense • Questioning • in a casino, the vending machine develops gender dysphoria • alien: romulus (2024) • Rebirth • Laundry Room • Lignum • Underbelly • Sex • Diagnosis • For the Clocky Girls • Guillotine Talk • Not What a the Gods Made • "The Great Blight of Yates County, NY” • “The Great Pine of Welaunee Forest, Georgia” • “The Great Sleeping Sickness of Owasso, Oklahoma” • “The Great Bird Over Syracuse” • Your Own Symphony • Period Bloatedness • Not Quite • Early Womanhood • something about tattoos • My Voice Found Me Long Before • “A drum, a drum!” • Simulacring Myself

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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · Aug 11

since I'm in the throes of developmental editing with kith authors this weekend... I'll have paid slots (& waivers!) opening this week should anyone want what amounts to a workshop for one. poetry & prose. trans, Crip, queer, POC, indigenous, & police/system involved to the front

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Nikki Wallschlaeger @nikkimwalls.bsky.social · Aug 11

that's the spirit 😄

Seantaclaus @seantaclaus.bsky.social · Aug 11

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Corporeal lit mag @corporeallitmag.bsky.social · Aug 8

this body is a life sentence, both trial and punishment
Kacey Martin
she/they/alien
www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xx/kaceymartin

Kacey Martin — Corporeal

this body is a life sentence, both trial and punishment

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Corporeal lit mag @corporeallitmag.bsky.social · Aug 5

I really did let my finger slip along the edge of a page I had no business touching.
Arshi Mortuza
PAPER CUTS
www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xx/arshimortuza

Arshi Mortuza — Corporeal

I really did let my finger slip along the edge of a page I had no business touching.

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Josh Foreman @josh-foreman.bsky.social · Jul 31

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Corporeal lit mag @corporeallitmag.bsky.social · Jul 31

Truth: I think I never stopped harming myself, I just found out how to make me hurt in more acceptable ways.
Willow Bram Desjardins
The summer my sister grew older
www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xx/willowbramdesjardins

Willow Bram Desjardins — Corporeal

Truth: I think I never stopped harming myself, I just found out how to make me hurt in more acceptable ways.

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Corporeal lit mag @corporeallitmag.bsky.social · Jul 29

There are teeth dressed as daggers as they whisper good morning
A. Rene
December
www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xx/arene

A. Rene — Corporeal

There are teeth dressed as daggers as they whisper good morning

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Corporeal lit mag @corporeallitmag.bsky.social · Jul 24

My reluctance is my own vanity bringing uncertainty to my estate
Terry Trowbridge
Vanity, Femurs, and Fears
www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xx/terrytrowbridge

Terry Trowbridge — Corporeal

my reluctance is my own vanity bringing uncertainty to my estate

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Corporeal lit mag @corporeallitmag.bsky.social · Jul 22

her rasp Je suis la mort yeah I guess you could say she’s likeable
Z.R. Ghani
Through the jharokha
www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xx/zrghani

Z.R. Ghani — Corporeal

her rasp Je suis la mort yeah I guess you could say she’s likeable

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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · Jul 18

"I’m trying real hard to be an unwriter. Trying to unlearn everything, unbuild everything line by line, sentence by sentence, image by image, so I may, finally, be friends with the abyss."
- Eraser, Matthew Burnside

kithbooks.com/shop/p/ambientwonders

kith in print

A reliquary for small things, PROSPECTUS OF AMBIENT WONDERS boasts a bevy of bite-sized prose poems, secondhand prayers, blessings, and aphorisms dedicated to the mystic engines of joy, wonder, and de...

kithbooks.com

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The B'K Magazine @thebkmagazine.bsky.social · Jul 11

#FF It’s Disability Pride Month! Give some ❤️ and a follow to these publications in the lit community that are Disabled- and ND-led:
@alocasiamag.bsky.social
@aprosexia.org
@beestung.bsky.social
@flaremagazine.bsky.social
@genrepunkmag.bsky.social
@scrawlmagazine.bsky.social
Cont ⬇️

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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · Jul 10

love to make royalty payments to a trans author's surgery fund. this is exactly the side quest I have come here for.
buy trans books, change a life
(maybe your own)
kithbooks.com/shop

kith in print

kithbooks.com

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en•gendered @en-gendered.bsky.social · Jul 8

“So no. I can't stop thinking
the big shit. I can't take a second
to relax, turn my brain off. I can’t stop
writing, even when I’m not
writing. I’m naked,”
- Danielle Tamara Schatten,
Simulacring Myself
@danielleschatten.bsky.social

engenderedlitmag.com

engendered Summer 2025

cover:
Period Bloatedness by Míša Hejná
line drawn legs, head and shoulders of a person are bridged by splotches of menstrual blood.

text:
“So no. I can't stop thinking
the big shit. I can't take a second
to relax, turn my brain off. I can’t stop
writing, even when I’m not
writing. I’m naked,”

- Danielle Tamara Schatten,
Simulacring Myself

engenderedlitmag.com

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Corporeal lit mag @corporeallitmag.bsky.social · Jul 2

If you think I don't kiss my service doggo on the top of the head every time I take him in and out of his harness, you'd be incorrect.

Also a reminder that our inbox is open for volume XX and you should submit.

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Corporeal lit mag @corporeallitmag.bsky.social · Jun 26

You can now read the complete Corporeal volume XIX at corporeallitmag.com/volume-xix

Feeling inspired? Our inbox is open for volume XX

Corporeal vol XIX appears against a background of large white and red flowers surrounded by green foliage

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