The Indigenous Storytelling Issue is Here!

October 6, 2023

We are so excited to share the Indigenous Storytelling Issue of The Ex-Puritan!

This issue is guest-edited by Brandi Bird; read her foreword to the issue here.

The fiction section features "Buffalo Gothic" by EC Dorgan, "Saint Nick" by Molly Cross-Blanchard, and "Lucky Chance" by J.H. Cardinal.

This issue's hybrid/experimental pieces are "emBODY poetry" by Jessica C Mehta and "questions to ask after an estranged departure (maybe we will talk in the spirit world)" by Gillian Joseph.

In poetry, read "My Brother, Om’ahkokata (gopher) & iniskim (buffalo calling stones)" by Henry Heavyshield, "CREE GIRL UNHARDENS HERSELF TO BECOME SOFT" by Tarene Thomas, and "Urban Sprawl" by Micah Favel.

Finally, the essays section features "Birth Stories, Adoption, and Myths" by Vance Wright and "Lii Deu Faam Kaa-Wiikihtochik / The Two Women Wed" by Kai Pyle.

Thank you so much to Brandi Bird and these talented contributors for this wonderful issue!