The Rational Creature | Volume 8: How are you? 💬

journal celebrating womxn/non-binary creators | V8: How are you? NOW LIVE! | cover art by Lidia Lidia.

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In the words of our beloved EIC, @rachelaggilman, we present "one of the loveliest issues." V8: How are you? is now LIVE! Link to purchase below.

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Allie Talavera takes us on a haunting, personal ride in her piece, “Details in the Back.”

💬 Read the rest of Allie’s piece and the rest of our 26 contributors in V8: How are you? Link in bio to purchase.

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Our contributor, Tyiana Combs, sheds a layer of vulnerability in this personal and political essay on Blackness and the subtle abuses of white supremacy.

💬 Read the rest of Tyiana’s piece & our 26 contributors in V8: How are you? Link in bio.

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Our founder and EIC, Rachel A.G. Gilman (@rachelaggilman) shared her quarantine thoughts in this deeply vulnerable and uniting essay.

💬 Read the rest of Rachel’s piece & our 26 contributors in V8: How are you? Link in bio.

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Our Prose Editor, Mary Arroyo Oliver, presents a dreamy and ethereal poem in in V8: How are you?

💬 Link in bio to purchase V8: How are you? to read the rest of Mary’s piece!

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Our Poetry Editor, Hannah Calistri, presents a beautiful lyrical poem, “What I Eat in a Day” in V8: How are you?

💬 Read the rest of Hannah’s poem and our 26 contributors in V8: How are you? Link in bio to purchase.

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Our Managing Prose Editor, Cían Ford, captivates the essence of gentle love in “To Lovers, Grandmothers, and Other Beautiful Things” or “Scenes from a Quarantine Spring.”

💬 Read their full work in V8: How are you? Link in bio.

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Our Managing Poetry Editor, @emragusa, writes a haunting poem on love and loss in Volume 8: How are you?

💬 Volume 8: How are you? and all previous issues are available to purchase via our link in bio.

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In this poignant and lyrical essay, our Social Media Director, @KaraBilello, shares the loss of her beloved grandmother.

Volume 8: How are you? 💬 is out now!! Link in bio.

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@sageciggs We are!! 💛

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Our team here at TRC is true in our check-in when we ask, How are you? Submissions for Volume 8 are due April 30! More info at https://t.co/SpoqkXZPa1. 💕💬 #therationalcreature #litjournal #opensubmissions #amreading #amquerying #amwriting

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@superfrootmag We are! 💛

[claire de lune @ClaireMPLS]

hey fyi amazon workers are on strike all of this week. please don’t cross the picket line and don’t make any purchases on amazon prime. you can do curbside pickup at target if you need something quickly / w no contact. ❤️

[Kai Newkirk for Congress @kai_newkirk]

How can a worker be both essential and unworthy of a living wage?

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This Women’s History Month, we’re highlighting BIPOC women whose experiences have historically been erased.

💬 Submissions for Volume 8: How are you? are now open! Link in bio.

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@Brwnbgnln @MeshroomMag @CabinetOfHeed @miniskirtmag @inkfeatherlit @wfwreview @TUnorthodocs @eponymmag @fulcrum_journal @HarpyHybrid @SITUATEDmag @riotactmag @Briefly_Zine @sink_magazine @journal_stone @FartherFrom @TheIndianFemRev Thank you so much for the mention! We’re now following all of these journals 💕

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Announcing Volume 8: How are you?

We know that the emotional processing of the last year has hardly begun. We’re checking in, holding space, prioritizing womxn, non-binary & POC.

Submissions open February 26- April 30. More info at https://t.co/SpoqkXZPa1.

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We are expanding! Now hiring an Assistant Editor and a Social Media Director. DM us with questions. Like our entire team, these are volunteer roles.

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Excerpt from “With an A” by Taylor Beidler from V7: COMING OF AGE ✨

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Respect for our editor 🙌💘

[Rachel A.G. Gilman (she/her) 🐢 @rachelaggilman]

A piece of erotica I wrote for an undeserving manchild is getting published next month in the super cool new @delicatelit, which is about as on-brand as I can get. 🙃