Peaches, 1883. Claude Monet

Issue 61 of The Bombay Literary Magazine is live. It's our largest issue ever. We opened for essays this time, plus there's a guest edited special section called "Explorations." It's all awesome. And the translated fiction and poetry sections are out of this world.

Lotta Teale.

"Let spring." it's long past spring, but i return to this Linda Gregg poem whenever i need a sense of renewal. a renewed commitment to passion.

Larissa Szporluk

Eileen Myles:

This is my painting "Always A Way Out".

Three Nectarines In White Paper- Eliot Hodgkin, 1957.

I'll save some time and just put it out here: Q: I don't like it but I don't want to stop. A: Then do it with a lighter heart.

kay ryan, all your horses

One more week to before entries close for the 17th Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize. Deadline: Sept.1.

Erika L. Sánchez ~ In the republic of flowers I studied the secrets of hanging clothes

Mary Ruefle

The Bombay Literary Magazine is open for submissions of fiction, poetry, essays, and graphic narratives. We pay 5000 INR per contribution. Fiction and poetry are capped at 400 subs, so please send your work a while before the month ends. bombaylitmag.com/submit/

📣 The Yale Review is now open for submissions! Poetry, fiction, essays, and translations—send us your work by September 30. Submit: theyalereview.submittable.com/submit

Read the poem aloud as you revise. Read the poem aloud as you revise. Read the poem aloud as you revise. Read the poem aloud as you revise. Read the poem aloud as you revise. Read the poem aloud as you revise. Remember what Yusef Komunyakaa said: "The ear is a great editor."

Benjamin Niespodziany has been nominated for Best of the Net, Best Microfiction, & Pushcart Prize, but hasn't won a thing. The recipient of many encouraging rejections, longlists, shortlists, & runner-ups, Niespodziany hopes to one day be awarded something. Anything. Please.

Tea with Lemons © Cori Lee Marvin (Canadian, b.1980)

Georgia O'keeffe, Nude series VIII, 1917 #womensart