…written word as penned exclusively by Asian authors. Join us in reading heartstring-tugging fiction where love proves an antidote to colorism-based violence, and where a marriage disintegrates along with a wife whose body mysteriously transforms into food. Dive into nonfiction that inspects the extent that immigrants have to confront their morality and personal prejudices as they navigate survival in a… [Read More]
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Ocean Home
…you say it?” “Candid?” “Yes, exactly. Candid photos,” she said, holding up her camera again. “Don’t look at me!” “Alright, alright,” I said, laughing, “I’ll just be over here, reading my book…” I said, picking up Giovanni’s Room. I sat on the couch and pretended to read. The shutter went off with a loud click-click and then, from the corner… [Read More]
Editor’s Note on This Issue
…country of origin. These pieces are just a few among the many that we wish to celebrate in this Fall/Winter issue with you. As always, we wish you good health and happy reading. -Areej Quraishi Cover Image: “Just Breathe” by Erika B. Girard Erika B. Girard is currently pursuing her M.A. in English and Creative Writing with a concentration in… [Read More]
The Second Hole
…She also liked to read practical books, like Where did I come from?, gifted from her mother so she wouldn’t have nonsense ideas about sex. Madison’s mother didn’t believe in that “vajayjay” and “wee-wee” business. Girls should know the proper names for their privates. After reading that book, she stripped her Ken doll, but all she found was an uninformative… [Read More]
To Enlist in the Carnivore that Is Prison—A Soldier’s Journey into Poetry
…unearth what you worked so hard to shelter from feeling. You must be numb to write the lines the teacher is reading. And the other men in the room start to listen. There is a chaotic scream in the lines: some small private begging for help and you jump from the Humvee, his eyes already pearled before the night sky,… [Read More]
Issues
…much beyond romance: it is tenderness and strength, conviction and confusion, dissolution and immensity. We invited writers to interpret “Crush” loosely and expansively. The submissions we received made us feel seen, surprised, shattered, and everything in-between. After reading so many intimate and sincere writings, we bring to you a constellation of work that asks difficult questions about identity, grief, desire,… [Read More]
Wilderness, New Mexico
…the explanation; but there’s none forthcoming. Trey grins, a golden enigma. “Just the wilderness. Little washed-up place in the middle of nowhere.” “But—” I start, not convinced that no one will spirit me away to a circle of white stones and try to perform a summoning ceremony. Or at least a tarot reading. “We do what we can,” he says… [Read More]
The Water Is Not the Faucet
…struggle with carrying its sections down the narrow stairs. I drag a ladder down and Rafael and I paste large prints of fragments from tired letters in the middle of the roof. My neck hurts. I spend the night wrapped in a hug by my sofa reading from my new sky. Liv, you are all that I see, all that… [Read More]
Devi Maa
…the painting and have the smallest dot for pupils. It gives her an aimless look, like she’s glaring at no one and everyone at once. Sriram steps back. “Kali Maa. Durga Maa’s avatar,” Devi answers, reading his mind. “I’ve never read stories about her,” Sriram says. If he had, he wouldn’t forget. “That’s because people believe she’s dangerous. But she’s… [Read More]
Source of Unending Light
…everything she taught me about the rewards of working long hours in the service of a worthy mission, and of creating opportunities for others to pitch in and find themselves in the work as well. The beautiful issue of Witness that you are now reading, edited and produced entirely by the excellent editorial staff, is the most recent example of… [Read More]
Vol. XXXVII No. 1 — Spring 2024
…and everything in-between. After reading so many intimate and sincere writings, we bring to you a constellation of work that asks difficult questions about identity, grief, desire, compromise, and more. Additionally, we want you, dear readers, to join us in celebrating the winning writers of our 2024 Witness Literary Awards, carefully selected by our judges, Morgan Thomas in fiction, Edgar… [Read More]
The House in the Hills
…the hallway, the carpet felt obscenely plush beneath my feet. I discovered Nate in the guest bedroom alone. He was reading a book beneath the covers, some mystery novel with a grim forest photo on the front. “Where’s Debra?” I asked, whispering in case she was hiding nearby. Nate shook his head. “It was too weird. We couldn’t go through… [Read More]
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