The Legend of the C Train
Few have seen her with their own eyes. Fewer still have ridden her.
Roz Chast has been a New Yorker cartoonist since 1978. Her books include the graphic narrative “I Must Be Dreaming,” published in 2023.
Poems
“Saint Hyacinth Basilica”
“When devotion is self-betrayal, / the body knows.”
By Patrycja Humienik
Poems
“The Eulogy I Didn’t Give (XXIV)”
“My younger brother was afraid of thunder, / lightning.”
By Bob Hicok
Poems
“What Am I Afraid Of?”
“The silence, the thoughts / that come with it.”
By Sasha Debevec-McKenney
Poems
“One Vessel”
“I’ve had the time of my life, friends, / living quietly like a snail in a pocket.”
By Henri Cole
Humor
In Times like These
I don’t think any other country has dog mayors or dog elected officials.
By Felipe Torres Medina
Shouts & Murmurs
Prayers for Everyday Life
Good God Almighty, Holy, and Merciful, how do you get these tear-off produce bags to open?
By Ian Frazier
Poems
“Woman in a Landscape”
“Naked, I wanted / to be useful to her in the color fields / of July and August.”
By Robin Becker
Shouts & Murmurs
And Deliver Us from Elon
Just because you are no longer a practicing Catholic doesn’t mean you can’t go to church and get your throat blessed, right?
By Mary Norris
Sketchpad
Democratic Resistance Strategies
Less polite language on protest paddles, sick burns in the private Slack, and other techniques for sticking it to the Republican party.
By Emily Flake
Shouts & Murmurs
The Millennial Exit
We were raised on red-40 cereals and people-pleasing! Shouldn’t any of that count for something?!
By Laura Steinel