DELICATE FRIEND: SPRING 2023

Delicate Friend Issue #10: BODYLOVE, guest-edited by Sterling-Elizabeth Arcadia. Contributions by Alexandra Weiss, Andy Graber, A.R. Arthur, Carson Wolfe, Dre Levant, E.C. Sosa, Elizabeth J. Wenger, Emma McGill, Erica Leslie Weidner, Haley Bossé, Inky Swamp Bones, James Roach, K. Twyla Park, Kivleen Kaur Sahni, Madalyn R. Lovejoy, Sappho Stanley, SG Huerta, Shiksha Dheda, Susana Rodriguez, Tara Labovich, T.C. Mill, and Valerie Drew.

i.

“zesty rod” by Alexandra Weiss

“a love poem / for my chest / which went / before me / into the world / for 24 years / before / I cut it off” by Haley Bossé

“A sorry letter to my body” by Kivleen Kaur Sahni

“funeral for the once self” by InkySwampBones

ii.

“Feathers over skin” by K. Twyla Park

“LITTLE LUX” by Emma McGill

“summerfruit” by Madalyn R. Lovejoy

“For Myself” by T.C. Mill

iii.

“unfortunately” by Susana Rodriguez

Visual art by Andy Graber

Two poems by Tara Labovich

iv.

“a Girl walks home, alone, on Valentine’s Day” by E.C. Sosa

“nude selfie in pixels” by Erica Leslie Weidner

v.

“On Dysphoria n Body Love” by dre levant

Two pieces of creative nonfiction by SG Huerta

“Crave Euthymia” by Sappho Stanley

vi.

“sleeping commando [as i freebleed]” by Valerie Drew

“When Megan Fox Kissed Amanda Seyfried” by Elizabeth J. Wenger

“THE RED TENT” by Carson Wolfe

vii.

“The sea and the sky” by Shiksha Dheda

“Long Drive” by James Roach

viii.

“Validation” by A.R. Arthur