Naomi's Houses by Rosalie I. Tennison Heritage House 288 pages $27 Naomi’s Houses, the first full-length publication by agricultural journalist Rosalie I. Tennison, reads as a clear-eyed love letter to her mother, the eponymous Naomi. The story opens during the...
Buzzkill Clamshell by Amber Dawn Arsenal Pulp Press 128 pages $20 Amber Dawn’s third poetry collection, Buzzkill Clamshell, is a raw and hypnotic excavation of queer desire, memory, and chronic pain. Lush with bodily imagery and shifting temporalities, the collection...
Origins of Desire in Orchid Fens by Lynn Hutchinson Lee Stelliform Press 197 pages $20 “We invent or erase histories, tell the old fairytales and myths and come up with new ones.” Lynn Hutchinson Lee’s dreamlike debut novella, Origins of Desire in Orchid Fens, opens...
It’s finally here! Congrats to the following five writers who were shortlisted by our judge, Janika Oza, for our 2025 Fiction Contest! — Room Magazine’s 2025 Fiction Contest Shortlist Georgie Millionaire by Camille Pavlenko Studies in Lepidopterology by Abby Denne...
What's unsettling may trouble us for good reason, but it can also question existing power structures, provide insight into paths forward, and more. This spooky season, ROOM 48.3 REST/UNREST's Lead Editor Rachel Thompson, Assistant Editor Holly Lam, and Shadow Editor...
In a world shaped by profound injustice, how do we create amidst unrest while reclaiming rest that moves us toward justice? Today, we're sitting with a non-fiction piece by our commissioned author for Rayya Liebich, upcoming in Room 48.3 Rest/Unrest. HOW TO F/HOLD ON...
As the season turns, we hope the winds are bringing you all that's necessary ⎯ new dreams, stories, and visions. Here’s a fall list of opportunities, calls for submissions and contests, grants, and more! Calls for submission: Artists PRISM International...
Photo of Adora Nwofor by Shannon Johnston. Photo of Taylor McNallie by Taylor McNallie. In a time of increased surveillance and suppression of activists, Room Magazine wanted to chat with some of those on the ground who have long been fighting for racial justice and...
Photo credit: Blair Marie Photography Amy Lin’s work doesn’t just evoke an array of emotions—it demands it. In Here After, her debut memoir, she tackles the overwhelm that comes with deep love and unexpected loss. Lin recounts the events following the sudden death of...
Everything is Fine Here by Iryn Tushabe House of Anansi Press 320 pages $25 Can women in societies dominated by oppressive religious conviction, homophobia, and misogyny ever find peace and equality? This is the question at the heart of Everything is Fine Here, the...
ROOM 49.2 SCIENCE
I hope this issue makes you curious and furious, leads to 2 a.m. Wikipedia rabbit holes, fulfills urges to seek out knowledge-keepers. Quickly or slowly, dive in: -ologies of all varieties await you.
ROOM 49.1 No Future for Who?
In Room Magazine 49.1 No Future for Who?, we are really asking. We are coming in hot. We are causing a scene. We are being unreasonable. We are not fucking around. We are not taking “no” for an answer. “No” is the only word we still know. For who? For who? No.
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