Corporeal lit mag

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

Cover of Corporeal vol. XX featuring dark purple foliage.

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.

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

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

Steven C. Wright — Corporeal my time robber: he looks sick with the fear of sickness aged by the fear of time

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

Molly Ophelia — Corporeal “Therefore, I am,” yeah, stuck in this meat suit.

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

Alina Zollfrank — Corporeal The truth, these days it turns against me more than not (period)

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

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

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

"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.

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

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

that's the spirit 😄

Kacey Martin — Corporeal this body is a life sentence, both trial and punishment

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

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

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

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.

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

A. Rene — Corporeal There are teeth dressed as daggers as they whisper good morning

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

Terry Trowbridge — Corporeal my reluctance is my own vanity bringing uncertainty to my estate

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

Z.R. Ghani — Corporeal her rasp Je suis la mort yeah I guess you could say she’s likeable

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

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...

"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

#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 ⬇️

kith in print

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

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

“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

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.

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

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

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

Feeling inspired? Our inbox is open for volume XX

Text appears against a background of large white and red flowers surrounded by green foliage: The threat of tariffs and their likelihood to disrupt the supply chain for my sustenance is something that keeps me up at night. Lisa DellaPorta Diet Culture

Lisa shares a piece discussing the terror of having safe foods taken from you - you can read it at www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xix/lisadellaporta

An all-inclusive Pride Flag waving in the wind

My new local poetry column is up with 3 queer presses to support during Pride, featuring @kithbooks.bsky.social & friends!

I don't get much space nor room for nuance, but if at least 1 person in the community finds themselves in a book or poem = success.

stratfordcrier.com/three-queer-...

"I was AI curious, we might say."

I am not AI curious. I am having a livable planet curious. I am humanity curious. I am art curious I am go fuck yourself curious. I am I don't know how to explain to you that art's going to cost you curious. I will die having never submitted a prompt.

Text appears against a background of large white and red flowers surrounded by green foliage: And when they’re moved from the table, are they held? Was she ever held? Hanna Karras Aftercare

@hihannakarras.bsky.social makes her publication debut with an achingly gentle poem about miscarriage and aftercare - read it at www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xix/hannakarras

Text appears against a background of large white and red flowers surrounded by green foliage: The youngest of hand-me-downs lost in britches, too big, too big? Stephen Mead The Colors of My Closet

any yongest siblings? relatable? www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xix/stephenmead2