Arcturus

An online literary magazine of new perspectives via @ChicagoRevBooks. Editor-in-chief @sncutaia. Founder + advisor @adamm0rgan

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WE’RE HIRING! The magazine staff would like to welcome new associate editors to the team.

Deadline is November 15, for a January 2025 start. We’re all volunteers over here, but being on a literary magazine staff is rewarding in so many ways. https://t.co/0Lt6Z8DARE

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"In Gaza there’s no time to grieve. Prayers over the dead and prayers to stay alive must be said together."

One of the most moving and powerful pieces we've published to date. Please read the incredible "Birds of Gaza" by @Hadeel_Salameh_
https://t.co/AzDWWmxwMr

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"My mother met Picasso in 1951 during her seven-month 'grand tour' of Europe."

New nonfiction up at the magazine today! "Picasso's Paris Pigeons" by Margaret H. Wagner https://t.co/5ijWJvZXOL

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"But when you look up this new name to see who you are now, you find that it means 'girl from the bright meadow.' You’re still there. You’re still her."

We're thrilled to publish this stunning new fiction piece from Jessica Zhu.
https://t.co/h1O65WXnx4

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Stunning new work from @annajswan. We're proud to present "Let’s Build a Theme Park For All Our Bad Ideas" & "I Have Spent All Day Trying to Have a Voice" as the newest poems in the magazine.
https://t.co/gzHJu54qvs

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"The walls of the tent should bead with droplets of condensation. When a girl writes her name in the moisture with her fingertip, cold water should trickle down her arm. She hates camping. She hates everything about it."

New nonfiction from @ShelleyStoehr
https://t.co/PRQ2WcVVsS

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"it felt like looking through a one-way mirror at a version of myself I couldn’t fully recognize [...] being this woman that’d been sitting in the back of my mind like an undeveloped polaroid. . . "

Revisit "The Girls in the Room" by Liza Olson: https://t.co/SsopHxt3zZ

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"Your mother and I spoke mostly of you on the ride, but also of Rancho, the monsoon, the homemade forceps, the baby restored to zindagi (life)."

ICYMI: Nonfiction from Jeffrey Howard!
https://t.co/Nwix75iqmt

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We may be a bit biased, but check out all these wonderful books from the authors of @StoryStudio! 🌟

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“Tonight, my sailor is shy. He’s young.”

| We’re excited to share new fiction by Jacqueline Rosenbaum on the site today! Read “Before Vesuvius”:
https://t.co/Dc2w98h9cv

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"I remember once again how I felt when she first placed the book in my wanting hands and told me to savor it."
| We're excited to share new nonfiction by Paul Rabinowitz!

Read "Garden of Eden" on the site:
https://t.co/1P3pLJiSoX

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ICYMI: Ngozi "N/A" Oparah's short story, "Little Beautiful Traps."
https://t.co/wVc4eaQAjZ

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It's 2023 and you know what that means... MORE BOOKS😍

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We're proud to ring in the new year with Emily Moeck's interactive poetry project, "Mother, A Poetic Triptych."

In the poet's words, this project "is meant to be touched. The reader must play an active role in its material composition." Link in the post!
https://t.co/Gy2OZvZYnp

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We're pleased to share a new short story by @AVourvoulias!

Read "Shopping Will Set You Free": https://t.co/aqDjr3QHrS

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Happy Halloween!🎃

Celebrate the eve with @GrandboisPeter's haunting new poem, "[There is nothing more to say]."
https://t.co/KIC1496BJw

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"to die drowning / in a glass of wine / is to die happy / as anything."

ICYMI: @diarmo1990's "The skins of grapes"
https://t.co/nTdw6Rs5md