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Multi-genre lit journal & community NEW ISSUE: Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” 👤 Order our 10-year Anthology📚 Subs open 10/1 Learn more👇

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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 1h
We’re closing our our 10th anniversary celebrations with our first-ever print volume! The Expo Anthology will include some of our all-time favorite pieces, with that signature multi-genre goodness. Reserve your copy with a donation of $25 or more: tinyurl.com/ExpoAntho10.
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2026 Campaign for Exposition Review Print Anthology
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨📝Announcing the theme for Exposition Review, Vol. XII: “Trip”! ✈️TRIP is in motion. A journey, a stumble. Let it vault you forward, send you sprawling…& into something new. Submissions open October 1! We pay contributors & accept all the genres: tinyurl.com/ExpoTripSubmissions.
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bestofthenet.bsky.social @bestofthenet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Check out one of our 2026 Art Selections, “Clover” by Jaqi Howard (@expositionreview.bsky.social), selected by Octavio Quintanilla on bestofthenetanthology.com/2026-2/2026-art/clover/ #bestofthenetanthology #comic #finalist
Clover by Jaqi Howard (Exposition Review)

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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” features two poems by Gray Davidson Carroll. Read UNKNOWN NEIGHBOR (tinyurl.com/ExpoUnknown)
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The Unknown Neighbor - Exposition Review
by Gray Davidson Carroll Poetry   I found him like that, tipped over on his side, body wide and redolent with age. The lawnmower looming above him at the edge of the green, his breath a seesaw’s scree...
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy flash Friday! Celebrate by reading the multi-genre short-form stories from our past Flash 405 issues. Links in stories, or tinyurl.com/ExpoIssues.
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Issues - Exposition Review
Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” Fiction by Lyss Buchthal, Isabela Caxarias, Natalie Goodwinn • Flash Fiction by Daniela Flores-Rodriguez, Quinn Forlini, Nolan Knight, Liam Whitworth  • Nonfiction by Jeffrey-Mi...
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Get your copy of our first-ever print publication: Expo Anthology. This multi-genre gem features some of our favorite pieces from our first ten years. And it’s FREE with a donation of $25 or more! Donate to the campaign and reserve your copy today: tinyurl.com/ExpoAntho10.
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Order #ExpoContributor @addieisunwieldy.bsky.social’s book STRAIGHT WHITE MEN CAN’T DANCE (@bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social) in hardcover AND paperback in our @bookshop.org: bookshop.org/p/books/stra... …
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Straight White Men Can't Dance: American Masculinity in Film and Popular Culture
Straight White Men Can't Dance: American Masculinity in Film and Popular Culture investigates a trope proliferating throughout popular American media over the last half-century: that straight white me...
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
One of the highlights of our 10th anniversary celebration was #ExpoPresents: “A Decade of Art,” a digital exhibition and online collection celebrating the visual art and comics published in Expo’s first 10 years. Read all about it: tinyurl.com/ExpoArt10Recap. #ExpoReview #ExpoFam #ExpoContributor
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A Decade of Art: Digital Gallery & Celebration Recap - Exposition Review
This past year, as Exposition Review celebrated its tenth anniversary, we looked for ways to honor the artists and comics creators who had shaped the journal over its first decade. One of those ideas ...
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“When we took the clock down, the wall kept a secret,” begins Jeffrey Michael-Kane’s WHERE THE CLOCK WAS. Read his nonfiction piece in our “PARA/SOCIAL” issue here: tinyurl.com/ExpoClock.
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Where the Clock Was - Exposition Review
by Jeffrey-Michael Kane Nonfiction   When we took the clock down, the wall kept a secret. A pale square, softer than the rest, the color the kitchen had been before heat and hands and years browned it. The outline looked almost careful—like someone had taped a life and painted around it. My brother wrapped the… Continue reading Where the Clock Was →
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Melissa Llanes Brownlee @lumchanmfa.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Love this book so much 😍 @aniking.bsky.social @masonjarpress.bsky.social
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Get ready! Submissions for our 12th annual issue open on October 1! Vol. 11 received the highest number of submissions to date! Can we out-do it this year? Add us to your bookmarks for your chance to get paid and join the #ExpoFam: tinyurl.com/ExpoSubmissions.
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Did you know Expo hosts an annual #ShareYourVoice! workshop for young writers? And that we PUBLISH at least 1 of them? We’ve published 20+ WriteGirl & DREAMing Out Loud #ExpoContributors who have then become Expo Interns, Section Editors, readers & more! Read their work here: tinyurl.com/ExpoIssues.
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Issues - Exposition Review
Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” Fiction by Lyss Buchthal, Isabela Caxarias, Natalie Goodwinn • Flash Fiction by Daniela Flores-Rodriguez, Quinn Forlini, Nolan Knight, Liam Whitworth  • Nonfiction by Jeffrey-Mi...
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Melissa Llanes Brownlee @lumchanmfa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
So happy to be a part of showcasing our amazing submissions editors! Here's @aniking.bsky.social!! @smokelong.bsky.social
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We loved having WriteGirl #ExpoContributor Daniela Flores-Rodriguez at our #ShareYourVoice! workshop for, AND at our #ExpoPresents “PARA/SOCIAL” Launch Party & Reading. We’re delighted to publish her Degas- and dancer-inspired flash fiction TANGLED UP IN BLUE: tinyurl.com/ExpoTangled.
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Tangled Up in Blue - Exposition Review
by Daniela Flores-Rodriguez Flash Fiction   The first day was by accident. The young woman strolled the museum galleries, avoiding the spreadsheets back at her desk. Looking, but not seeing. Not bored, but unattached. Most people found it easy to connect to other human beings. This woman didn’t really have it in her. Things were… Continue reading Tangled Up in Blue →
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We’re keeping our 10-year celebrations going with our first-ever print book! #ExpoIntern Abigail Jeon is working alongside our veteran #ExpoFam to produce a print anthology of some of our favorite pieces from our first 10 years. Donations of $25 & above will receive a copy: tinyurl.com/ExpoAntho10.
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Read flash fiction and nonfiction by Leanne Babcock, Mark Crimmins, and @serrey.bsky.social, winners of Ashley Lanuza’s Flash 405: “Saudade” writing contest: tinyurl.com/Saudade405. #Flash405 #ExpoReview
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Flash 405, April 2026: “Saudade” Winners - Exposition Review
Some emotions resist easy translation, and for our April 2026 Flash 405 contest, guest judge Ashley C. Lanuza invited writers to explore one of them: “saudade”. We received an incredible collection of...
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Expo Editor @annleee.bsky.social spotted Norman Rockwell’s “The Gossips” at the @lucasmuseum.bsky.social! This piece inspired Amy Kurzweil’s STOCHASTIC GOSSIPS from our “Spring” issue: tinyurl.com/ExpoStochastic.
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Ahhhh, look at all those covers! Can anyone spot which ones are missing? And who can identify the #ExpoContributor and #ExpoFam books below?
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#ExpoRecommends SPLICE OF LIFE (@sfwp.bsky.social) by Flash 405 guest judge and #ExpoContributor @charlesjensen.bsky.social—available in our @bookshop.org : bookshop.org/p/books/spli....
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Splice of Life: A Memoir in 13 Film Genres
Movies and memory intersect in this compelling and unconventional memoir from queer writer, film aficionado, and Jeopardy! contestant Charles Jensen. Splice of Life follows Jensen from his upbringing ...
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
“He called himself Pi, and his profile was darling.” Read @lyss-b.bsky.social’s “PARA/SOCIAL” fiction CUTIE PI in #ExpoReview Vol. XI: tinyurl.com/ExpoCutie.
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Cutie Pi - Exposition Review
by Lyss Buchthal Fiction   He called himself Pi, and his profile was darling. Your favorite cutie Pi! was his tagline. No NSFW pics either, just his rosy cheeks and too-big smile. It looked like the world had never hurt him. Never touched him. His color was pink: pink nails, pink lipstick, pink fishnet tights… Continue reading Cutie Pi →
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
SUBMISSIONS CLOSE TONIGHT!! Send your multi-genre, short-form writing to @charlesjensen.bsky.social for your chance to win cash prizes and publication: tinyurl.com/FlashQuake.
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Call for Entries: Flash 405, August 2026: “Quake” - Exposition Review
The final Flash 405 contest of 2026 is almost here, and we’re excited to share that another member of the Exposition Review fam is joining the ranks of our guest judges!  Former contributor Charles Je...
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Read on the find out what inspired a few of our “PARA/SOCIAL” contributors! Then find flash fiction by Quinn Forlini, fiction by @lyss-b.bsky.social, and experimental by Nikhil Kiran Harle in Vol. 11: tinyurl.com/ExpoV11ParaSocial. #parasocial #ExpoReview #litmag #qanda #writinginspiration
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
There are only 4 days left to submit to our final Flash 405 writing contest of 2026! Send your multi-genre “Quake”-themed writing to guest judge @charlesjensen.bsky.social by September 5 for your chance to win cash prizes and publication: tinyurl.com/FlashQuake.
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Charles Jensen @charlesjensen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I’m so proud of my incredible colleagues at @penamerica.bsky.social for compiling this report on efforts to turn libraries into political battlegrounds. pen.org/report/out-o...
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Out of Circulation
Attacks on public libraries have been worsening in recent years, threatening freedoms that form the bedrock of American society.
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
“It all started with cake.” You have us at hello! Read Jessica Chan’s CONSOLATION CAKES journey in her substack: missjesschan.substack.com/p/consolatio.... You might recognize a particular #ExpoFam all-star in this piece! Read it…..
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“Consolation Cakes” Has Been Published
Behind the Scenes and Concept Art for “Consolation Cakes”
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Check out our new issue, Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL”: tinyurl.com/Expov11ParaSocial! #ExpoReview #ParaSocial #ExpoFam #ExpoContributor
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Lyss (they/them) @lyss-b.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Working with Exposition Review has been such a dream. Very proud to be a part of this issue alongside such fantastic other works!
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
There’s less than a week left to submit to guest judge @charlesjensen.bsky.social’s Flash 405: “Quake” writing contest. Tell about “an unexpected event that shook you to your core” for your chance to win cash prizes & publication! Multiple genres & entries accepted thru 9/5: tinyurl.com/FlashQuake
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Call for Entries: Flash 405, August 2026: “Quake” - Exposition Review
The final Flash 405 contest of 2026 is almost here, and we’re excited to share that another member of the Exposition Review fam is joining the ranks of our guest judges!  Former contributor Charles Je...
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
“This piece is incredible, painting a distinct image that precisely captures the theme.” Flash 405: “Saudade” judge Ashley Lanza praises Mark Crimmins’s SAUDADE ON THE RUA DA SÉ. Read the flash nonfiction here: tinyurl.com/Rua405.
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Saudade on the Rua da Sé - Exposition Review
by Mark Crimmins 2nd Place Winner – Flash 405, April 2026: “Saudade” Nonfiction   As you await your Hangover Brunch on the Cathedral Café patio, you watch the two old men chatting on the bench beside ...
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
We’re delighted to see #ExpoContributor Claudia Rankine in @clmporg.bsky.social’s Books Launching in August list: www.clmp.org/news/books-l....
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Books Launching in August 2026 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
Support independent literary publishers by picking a read from the list below, which features new books released by CLMP members in August 2026.   Be Water by Grace Anvil Press | August 1, 2026 ISBN: ...
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Charles Jensen @charlesjensen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Sarah Sunfire @sarahsunfire.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
send flash about what's made you SHAKE
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Submit to our final Flash 405 writing contest of 2026! Judge @charlesjensen.bsky.social wants your multi-genre, short-form “Quake”-themed submissions! Send them by September 5 for your chance to win cash prizes and publication: tinyurl.com/FlashQuake. #ExpoReview #Flash405 #callforsubmissions
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Call for Entries: Flash 405, August 2026: “Quake” - Exposition Review
The final Flash 405 contest of 2026 is almost here, and we’re excited to share that another member of the Exposition Review fam is joining the ranks of our guest judges!  Former contributor Charles Je...
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Watch Carter Amelia Davis’s “PARA/SOCIAL” film HOMEMADE GATORADE: tinyurl.com/ExpoV11ParaSocial. Shoutout to Film Editor Lauren Gorski.
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Check out our Visual Art & Comics section w/ works by Jessica Chan, Felipe Galindo Feggo, Michael Headrick, Luke Healy, Terri Lloyd, Adedeji John Oluwaseun, Ana Prundaru & Summer Wagner from Visual Art Editor @briannasmykreder.bsky.social & Comics Editor Lauren Gorski: tinyurl.com/ExpoV11ParaSocial
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Flash subs are open for submission Sunday! Send @charlesjensen.bsky.social your QUAKE-themed short-form writing by 9/5 for your chance to win cash prizes and publication: tinyurl.com/FlashQuake.
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Call for Entries: Flash 405, August 2026: “Quake” - Exposition Review
The final Flash 405 contest of 2026 is almost here, and we’re excited to share that another member of the Exposition Review fam is joining the ranks of our guest judges!  Former contributor Charles Je...
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Read our “PARA/SOCIAL” experimental narratives section with pieces by Theresa-Xuan Bui and @kh-nikhil.bsky.social from Experimental Narratives Editor @monapily.bsky.social here: tinyurl.com/ExpoV11ParaSocial. #ExpoReview #ExpoContributor #ExpoFam #ParaSocial
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Read our “PARA/SOCIAL” stage & screen section with the shooting script for HOLO by Alex Hernandez-Maxwell & Alexander DeSouza with the trailer starring Shane West & Morgan Kohan & Daniel Waters’s stageplay SEASON 13 from Stage & Screen Editor @mellindak.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/ExpoV11ParaSocial
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Read our poetry section, with poems by Gray Davidson Carroll, Seth Copeland, Lisa Caroline Friedman, Summer Hamzeh, Leslie McIntosh, and Addie Tsai from Poetry Editor Kiana Shaley. Read the pieces here: tinyurl.com/ExpoV11ParaSocial. #ExpoReview #ExpoContributor #ExpoFam #ParaSocial
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Read @sofiavarino.bsky.social’s “PARA/SOCIAL” nonfiction GOODBYE TO LONDON: expositionreview.com/issues/vol-x....
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Goodbye to London - Exposition Review
by Sofia Varino Nonfiction   “At the intersection of oppression and resistance lies the radical potential of queerness to challenge and bring together all those deemed marginal and all those committed...
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Read Jeffrey-Michael Kane’s nonfiction WHERE THE CLOCK WAS: expositionreview.com/issues/vol-x.... #ParaSocial
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Where the Clock Was - Exposition Review
by Jeffrey-Michael Kane Nonfiction   When we took the clock down, the wall kept a secret. A pale square, softer than the rest, the color the kitchen had been before heat and hands and years browned it...
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Read “PARA/SOCIAL” nonfiction by Jeffrey-Michael Kane and @sofiavarino.bsky.social from Nonfiction Editor Heather Vaughan here: expositionreview.com/issues/vol-x...
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Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” - Exposition Review
Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” is the vulnerable examination of disconnected intimacy: the guilty glow left in a club bathroom, the salty taste of disappointment in a thousand layer cake. Stripped of the filt...
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Read our flash fiction section with pieces by Daniela Flores-Rodriguez, Quinn Forlini, Nolan Knight, and Liam Whitworth from Flash Fiction Editor @willwriteforchai.bsky.social Read them here: tinyurl.com/ExpoV11ParaSocial. #ExpoReview #ExpoFam #parasocial #litjournal
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Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” - Exposition Review
Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” is the vulnerable examination of disconnected intimacy: the guilty glow left in a club bathroom, the salty taste of disappointment in a thousand layer cake. Stripped of the filt...
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Read Natalie Goodwinn’s PANIC AT THE CADAVER LAB: expositionreview.com/issues/vol-x...!
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Panic at the Cadaver Lab - Exposition Review
by Natalie Goodwinn Fiction   Bones. Muscles. Vessels. Nerves. Rachel tried her best to think of the cadavers this way: a collection of body parts, not someone’s deceased loved one. Maybe it was insen...
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Read Isabela Caxarias’s EIGHTEEN PLUS TEN: expositionreview.com/issues/vol-x...!
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Eighteen Plus Ten - Exposition Review
by Isabela Caxarias Fiction   I left home without underwear, the eve of my twenty-eighth birthday, allowing my tampon string to swing freely between my legs. My sister declared a fancy dinner was the ...
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Read @lyss-b.bsky.social’s CUTIE PI: expositionreview.com/issues/vol-x....
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Cutie Pi - Exposition Review
by Lyss Buchthal Fiction   He called himself Pi, and his profile was darling. Your favorite cutie Pi! was his tagline. No NSFW pics either, just his rosy cheeks and too-big smile. It looked like the w...
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Today is “PARA/SOCIAL” fiction day with stories by @lyss-b.bsky.social, Isabela Canaries, and Natalie Goodwin from Fiction Editor @courtlandavenue.bsky.social. Read the pieces here or in our story highlight: tinyurl.com/ExpoV11ParaSocial. #ExpoReview #ExpoContributor #ExpoFam
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Dr. Sofia Varino (they/them) @sofiavarino.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Check out "Goodbye to London," the first chapter of my memoir, in @expositionreview.bsky.social Vol. XI: "PARA/SOCIAL"!!!! #nonfiction #memoir #queerwriting #queersky
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“We hope you’ll stan.” Love our EiCs Rebecca Luxton and @lilrensing.bsky.social. Read their “PARA/SOCIAL” Letter from the Editors: expositionreview.com/issues/vol-x...
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Vol. XI: Letter from the Editors - Exposition Review
Mere weeks into submission season for Exposition Review’s “PARA/SOCIAL” issue, Cambridge Dictionary named the term its Word of the Year. People are clearly hungry for something—intimate, perfectly tai...
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Thank you to all of our editors, readers, and interns! We wouldn’t be #ExpoReview without you: expositionreview.com/issues/vol-x....
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Masthead - Exposition Review
Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” Editors-in-Chief: Rebecca Luxton & Laura Rensing Section Editors: Fiction Editor: Dave Gregory Associate Fiction Editor: Yuya Hattori Flash Fiction Editor: Jessica June Rowe Non...
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