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Whitni Battle reads an excerpt from “The Golden Hops”
Whitni Battle reads an excerpt from her translation of “The Golden Hops” by Alberto Ortiz De Zarate.
Steve Davenport reads “Moon Talk”
Steve Davenport, author of Uncontainable Noise (2006), Overpass (2012), and Bruise Songs (2020), reads “Moon Talk” appearing in Your Impossible Voice #26.
James Miller reads My Wife Was Drunk at Hobby Lobby
James Miller reads his flash fiction “My Wife Was Drunk at Hobby Lobby” appearing in Your Impossible Voice #26.
Anna B. Sutton reads “Love Creek Cave”
Anna B. Sutton, poet and co-founder of the Porch Writers’ Collective, reads “Love Creek Cave” appearing in Your Impossible Voice #26.
Issue 26 | Spring 2022
Our twenty-sixth issue is haunted, alcohol-soaked, possibly delusional, bathed in moonlight, wandering through forests and caverns, and inflamed by all-manner of approaching catastrophes.
Featuring new short fiction, poetry, CNF, and translations from Alberto Ortiz De Zarate (translated by Whitni Battle), Darlene Eliot, Nara Vidal (translated by Emyr Humphreys), Luna Sicat-Cleto (translated by Bernard Capinpin), Suzana Stojanović, Siamak Vossoughi, Marshall Moore, Farhad Pirbal (translated by Alana Marie Levinson-LaBrosse and Jiyar Homer), James Miller, Michele Kilmer, Olga Krause (translated by Grace Sewell), John Rey Dave Aquino, John M. Kuhlman, Michael Garcia Bertrand, Benjamin Niespodziany, Lisa Williams, Anna B. Sutton, Sharron Hass (translated by Marcela Sulak), and Steve Davenport. Cover art by Zee Zee.
“Proposal for the Construction of an Ethnic Strip Mall” by Alvin Lu in New Sinews
This is the wrong place. No one’s turning back, which is a kind of courage. Location! location! location!
Your Impossible Voice 2021 Best Small Fictions Nominees
Your Impossible Voice is proud to nominate these five works for Best Small Fictions of 2021.
Shin Yu Pai’s Virga reviewed in The Georgia Review
Virga, a derivation of the Latin word for “branch,” is the name for rain that dries before it touches the ground, appearing as a mass of streaks diffusing underneath a dark cloud. Shin Yu Pai’s newest collection, Virga, is a poetic reenactment of this meteorological occurrence.
Our 2021 Pushcart Nominations
Your Impossible Voice is proud to nominate six selections from issues 24 and 25 for Pushcart Prizes.
Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi reads “i once was a witch”
Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi, author of Disintegration Made Plain and Easy and The Book of Kane and Margaret, reads his new poem “i once was a witch” appearing in the fall 2021 issue of Your Impossible Voice.
Tamiko Dooley reads “Rebirth”
Tamiko Dooley reads her new poem “Rebirth” appearing in Your Impossible Voice #25.
Marko Miletich reads an excerpt from “Solution”
Marko Miletich, PhD reads an excerpt from his translation of “Solution” by Linda Morales Caballero appearing in Your Impossible Voice #25.
A Bilingual Reading of “Epigenetics”
A bilingual reading of “Epigentics” by Diti Ronen and Joanna Chen. You can read “Epigenetics” in Your Impossible Voice #25.
New from Carlo Matos: We Prefer the Damned
With his 11th book, We Prefer The Damned, Carlo Matos explores bisexual identity, relationships, erasure, and denial. Through this collection, Matos — a former MMA fighter — embraces past and present, old self and new self, while giving voice to the complexities of the bi+/pan/poly experience.
Kevin McIlvoy reads “Thralls”
Kevin McIlvoy, author of One Kind Favor, reads his poem “Thralls” from Your Impossible Voice #25
Scott Belluz Discusses a “Father Tongue” in The Italian Review
Translator and countertenor Scott Belluz discusses the possibility of having a father tongue while writing in his mother tongue in The Italian Review.
Shin Yu Pai reads “marble chunk” and “shelf life”
Shin Yu Pai, author of Virga and Sightings, reads “marble chunk” and “shelf life” from Your Impossible Voice #25.
Brian Henry reads “Mine” and “Catastrophic”
Poet and translator Brian Henry reads “Mine” and “Catastrophic,” two new poems appearing in Your Impossible Voice #25.
Andrea Abi-Karam Wants to Dance in the Ruins of Capitalism
Zeyn Joukhadar interviews Andrea Abi-Karam in Them. “In the punk poet-performer’s latest collection, they explore the role of poetry in the fight against white supremacy and late-stage capitalism.”
Gillian Parrish reads an excerpt from “Weatherman”
Gillian Parrish reads an excerpt from her short story “Weatherman,” appearing in Your Impossible Voice #25.
