Mouthful of Salt

Volume 01

Black and white illustration of a silhouetted male figure in a collared shirt, filled with handwritten script across the face and head. The figure wears sunglasses with mirrored lenses that read “MHT LGT” and “LICK BIB.” The background features repeated dandelion-like patterns. The handwritten text within the silhouette includes poetic, fragmented phrases such as “This child lifts his sick lips,” “Dirt Brick,” and “It thinks.” The overall image evokes themes of identity, memory, and layered language. The caption reads: "Poetry: Bills BBQ Sauce by Hachi Chuku" followed by the words "Read More."
POETRY: “Bill’s BBQ Sauce”
by Hachi Chuku

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A black and white photo of a lake with trees lining it's edges and clouds in the sky. The caption reads: "Poetry: Carry My Prayer As The Wind by Claire Kroening" followed by the words "Read More."
POETRY: “Carry My Prayer As The Wind”
by Claire Kroening

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A multi-colored oil painting with hues of red, blue, orange, and yellow. The caption reads: "Poetry: Two Poems by Hunter Blackwell" followed by the words "Read More."
POETRY: Two Poems
by Hunter Blackwell

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Abstract illustration in warm earth tones of burnt orange, rust, and beige, featuring the silhouette of a person’s profile in black. The face appears to be exhaling or singing into a textured organic shape. Curving lines, leaf patterns, and circular motifs weave through the composition, blending human form with natural elements. The style is fluid and layered, evoking themes of breath, voice, and connection to land or ancestry. The caption overlay reads: "Poetry: Three Poems by Amelia Hopkins" followed by the words "Read More."
POETRY: Three Poems
by Amelia Hopkins

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A black and white photo of a Mezcal tequila bottle with text overlay that reads: "Poetry: Dinner by Rachel Turney" followed by the words "Read More" below it.
POETRY: “Dinner”
by Rachel Turney

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The side-profile of a dark-skinned man in a white collared shirt whose face is covered by a pink and yellow flower. The photo has text overlayed that reads: "Poetry: A Conversation by O.P. Jha" followed by the words "Read More" below it.
POETRY: “A Conversation”
by O.P. Jha

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A darkened image of a young girl looking down at an African drum with a bright red moon in the sky line. The image has the words "Shrieks and Giggles (The Witch Drum of Ikom) at the top in beige coloring and the image is overlayed by the words "Flash: Shrieks and Gigles (The Witch Drum of Ikom) by Anselm Eme" followed by the words "Read More" below it.
FICTION: “Shrieks and Giggles (The Witch Drum of Ikom)”
by Anselm Eme

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Intricate black-and-white abstract drawing made with layered, swirling pencil lines and overlapping shapes resembling eyes, feathers, leaves, and organic textures. The image has a dense, dreamlike quality. Text overlay at the bottom reads: “POETRY: Two Poems by Rosie Elizabeth” with a link prompt below saying “Read More.”
POETRY: Two Poems
by Rosie Elizabeth

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A partially out of frame "No Vacancy" hotel sign in red lights with text overlayed that reads: "Flash: Revelations by Timothe Davis" followed by the words "Read More" below it.
FICTION: “Revelations”
by Timothe Davis

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A blurred image of a path, surrounded by fog, leading into the woods with words overlayed that reads: "Poetry: Three Poems by Titilayo Matiku" followed by "Read More" below it.
POETRY: Three Poems
by Titilayo Matiku

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A rainy, blurred image from the perspective of someone looking out the window overlayed with words at the bottom that reads: "Poetry: Ode to Eton Sqaure by Will Diggs" followed by "Read More" below it.
POETRY: “Ode to Eton Square” by Will Diggs

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An orange background with text that reads "Interview" in small lettering at the top, aligned in the center. Below it, in burnt orange font reads "Meet the Contributor." Just below that, there is a circular-framed photo of a Black woman with locs, wearing large-framed black glasses whose face is adorned with piercings. Below the image, there are words in the same burnt orange color that reads "With Hachi Chuku" and below that in tiny, black font the instagram handle "@mouthfulofsalt_"
INTERVIEW: On “Bill’s BBQ Sauce” and the forthcoming “Sharecropper”

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Black-and-white image of a person with short light hair standing in a narrow hallway near a stove in a small apartment kitchen. Their posture is relaxed, leaning back with hands behind them. A mirror on the wall reflects their figure from a different angle, adding a layered, introspective feel to the scene. The photo is overlayed with words at the bottom that read: "Essay: 'Simply Dee' by Sarah Padgett."
ESSAY: “Simply Dee”
by Sarah Padgett

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POETRY: “The Wild in Me”
by Eric Howd

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Black-and-white view of a cityscape featuring densely packed row houses with pitched roofs, a wooden fence in the foreground, and industrial cranes and smokestacks visible in the distance across a body of water. The photo captures an urban neighborhood with a working port in the background, likely Baltimore. The photo is overlayed with words at the bottom that reads: "Poetry: Two Poems by Daniel Ross" followed by "Read More" below it.
POETRY: Two Poems
by Daniel Ross

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An orange background with text that reads "Interview" in small lettering at the top, aligned in the center. Below it, in burnt orange font reads "Meet the Contributor." Just below that, there is a circular-framed photo of a woman with curly brown hair, wearing all black sitting on a chair facing forward. Below the image, there are words in the same burnt orange color that reads "With Amelia Hopkins" and below that in tiny, black font the instagram handle "@mouthfulofsalt_"
INTERVIEW: On the Politics of Appetite & the Poetics of Risk

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POETRY: Three Poems
by Casey Jo Holman

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A towering pine tree leans dramatically toward the setting sun, casting long shadows over a grassy field where a person walks in the distance. The sky is clear and bright blue, adding contrast to the dark silhouettes of the surrounding trees.
HYBRID: “Tree Soup”
by Ylan Ware

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FICTION: “Birdsong”
by Matthew Roberts

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POETRY: “It’s October Now” by Morgan Laidler

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POETRY: “housewarming” by Zoë Skoti

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FICTION: “It’s Happening to Everyone”
by Toms Russ

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POETRY: “Two Poems” by Vinay Ghodgeri

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POETRY: “The Lock Clicked Loud” by Jaime Rodriguez

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HYBRID: “Lifelong Sentence” by Robin J. Bartley

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POETRY: “Facing the Fear”
by Deborah Bailey

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POETRY: “Compression Algorithm” by Erika E.

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FICTION: “Trajectory” by Christian Barragan

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POETRY: “Diary of Longing”
by Rosalie Hendon

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POETRY: Two Poems by O.P. Jha

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