New Orleans Review

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Issue 54: Summer 2026

54, New Issue by New Orleans Review

Contributors: Galal Yousif Goly, Ruby Zlotkowski, Briana Bhola, Aisha Abdel Gawad, Stevie Chedid, Heather Monley, Joseph Allegro, Jeni De La O, Adriana Beltrano, Sharon Charde, Parker Logan, Bryce Berkowitz, Bethany Bruno, K. Hari, Dr. T. Dallas Saylor, Mazzy Sleep, Svetlana Litvinchuk, Mayookh Barua, Molly Akin, Hunter A. Allund, Rewa Zeinati, Cora Schipa, Nathan Erwin, Madeline Allen, Claire Tames Nelson, Seth Kleinschmidt, Sophia Hoag, Jen Hallaman, Ava Truong, Safia Latif, Sandrine Torredemer, Alawaye Tope

A Boy Probably Likes Me

54, New Poetry by Mayookh Barua

A Boy Probably Likes Me because he was sick. His temperature a 100 degrees. The point where water became air. Maybe that’s why he couldn’t think anymore, from the cerebrospinal fluid bubbling away. From inside his head, that container of …

Words Better Than Amazing

54, New Poetry by Claire Nelson

The powder magazine at Fort Pulaski is a small and empty room except for us. Made from special thin red bricks made by hand. Made by slaves, the tour guide points out. My three-year-old watches while the guide tells …

Safety Measures

54, New Poetry by Rewa Zeinati

Rewa Zeinati is the author of the two poetry chapbooks Bullets & Orchids and Difficult. A naturalized US citizen with Lebanese and Palestinian roots, Rewa grew up in Lebanon and the UAE. Her honors include the 2020 Edward Stanley Award
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Loubna Mrie

54, New Interview by Briana Bhola

Loubna Mrie Briana Bhola

Loubna Mrie is a Syrian journalist, photographer, and writer, and a frequent commentator on Syrian and Middle Eastern affairs. The recipient of fellowships and residencies from Magnum Foundation, Ucross Foundation, and MacDowell, she has published work …

Loretta’s Fever

54, New Fiction by Joseph Allegro

The moment Loretta opens her front door, I can tell something is up. Her rosy complexion is gone. Her long white hair looks like it hasn’t been washed in a week.
          She frowns at the plate of chocolate chip cookies …

Daylight

54, New Fiction by Stevie Chedid

          The bus smelled like exhaust and hot rubber. It hit Elijah as soon as he walked through the folding door. That afternoon, the air inside smelled like food, too. Doritos, pretzel rods, gritty Nature Valley bars that kids chased with …

Skin & Imaginary Scenario #2

54, New Poetry by Sharon Charde

Skin

When did I begin to understand how vast the bruise on my
heart would get? So many dead—son, parents, dahlias, dogs.

Nobody knows, even her, how much grace I need. Not enough
in all the churches, the nuns’ prayers, …

Pruning Apple Trees

54, New Poetry by Parker Logan

There’s a man named Allen who has a radish farm
          in Monticello, Florida. He’s got a double wide trailer
with a wraparound front porch he made out of cedar wood

and pressure-treated pine. When it rains, you can hear
          the …