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I know not what A mother can say To a daughter Who was ripped from her Before they’d barely begun The long alliance usual to a mother and child
The authors, activists, and analysts in this issue hail from India, the US, China, Japan, Myanmar, and the UK. Not coincidentally, they are engaged in a deeply creative and moral struggle that shows how the future of psychoanalysis and democracy…
Ann Shenfield works across various media. Her animated films have received local and international prizes including selection to the Berlin film festival. Her poetry has received numerous awards including the Judith Wright Poetry Prize. Her book A Treatment (Upswell Publishing)…
Long before psychoanalytic language existed, voices from the Indian subcontinent sang of surrender in both ordinary and extraordinary ways. Kabir, a fifteenth-century poet-saint, along with other Sufi-Bhakti mystics, moved through streets, riversides, and marketplaces, composing verses that challenged authority, hierarchy,…
“Why do you Chinese need psychoanalysis?” The question came from my instructor at the Chicago Institute, delivered not with malice but with genuine curiosity. “Don’t you have Buddhism, Taoism, all these ways to regulate mental health?” I remember the silence…
The complexity of the patient-analyst dyad increases when the two have different cultural backgrounds. I am an analyst-in-training who has worked and lived in many contexts, in Japan and the UK. In Japan, I have lived as a third-generation Zainichi…
The complexity of the patient-analyst dyad increases when the two have different cultural backgrounds. I am an analyst-in-training who has worked and lived in many contexts, in Japan and the UK. In Japan, I have lived as a third-generation Zainichi…
Meenal Raghava is a New York–based interdisciplinary artist whose work explores the fluid construction of identity shaped by migratory and transnational experience. Working with oils, acrylics, concrete, and epoxy, she creates layered surfaces where memory and material intersect, reflecting how…
On 28 July 2025, four people were killed in a mass shooting in their Park Avenue office tower in central Manhattan. Among the victims were Wesley LePatner, a senior executive at Blackstone and a mother of two, and Didarul Islam,…
John Pring is a poet and author based in the UK, where he is an MFA candidate at Manchester Metropolitan University. He has poems published or upcoming in Epiphany, The Comstock Review, SoFloPoJo, Poetics, B O D Y, The Passionfruit…
have you seen an apocalypse not in a movie but on the streets outside your window have you smelled the air of a chaos tamed by the weapons of armed soldiers have you heard of the silenced screams of the…
When a postcard arrived from a friend, I was in my late teens, living in the passive-aggressive air of the bright grey sky in a tiny room in Kobe. The picture on the postcard was seemingly drawn hastily in a…
The Great Ocean Road, a single-lane ribbon at the top of sheer bluffs outside Melbourne in Australia, is called the Shipwreck Coast. It’s so named after the hundreds of boats that journeyed from Europe in the nineteenth century looking for…
Grief has been on our minds lately, both my patient’s and mine. In addition to the anguish inherent in his transatlantic move and resultant “regressus ad uterum,” our work has also touched upon the grief we share with many of…
This reflective piece traces a journey through Bulgaria and Albania, weaving together encounters with strangers, political history, and the inner experience of foreignness. Moving from monasteries and mountain villages to bustling Balkan cities, the essay explores how travel exposes the…
Ariana Suits is working towards her master’s degree in history with a focus on Latin America. Her Ecuadorian heritage and graduate studies are common themes in her poetry. She has been published in both academic and literary journals, most recently…
Margaret Vega taught undergraduate and graduate courses in painting, drawing, color theory, concept development, and thesis at Kendall College of Art and Design until 2022. She also taught at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Perugia, Italy, and Grand Valley…
Sara Mansfield Taber (1954–2026) lived a life of curiosity, writing, and service. A memoirist, teacher, and social worker, she authored seven books and mentored writers around the world. Through projects supporting healthcare workers, Afghan students, and immigration advocates, she used…
After the 2024 election, a small group of volunteers in Durham transformed their concern into action. Engaged Defenders for Democracy grew from a simple email chain into a grassroots movement organizing weekly demonstrations, civic engagement campaigns, and a national community…
Young people today are growing up amid collective trauma—from school shootings and climate anxiety to social media pressure and economic uncertainty. Bounce Back Generation works with youth in underserved communities to build resilience, teach emotional regulation, and transform trauma into…
