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Samizdat. Poetry. Nonfiction. Art. Give us your history. www.kitchentablequarterly.org

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Kitchen Table Quarterly @kitchentableqtrly.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Interested in joining KTQ's reader pool? We're always looking for Nonfiction and Poetry readers! Experience isn't necessary, just good taste, a keen eye, and an understanding of our editorial aesthetic. Throw your hat in the ring below! kitchentablequarterly.submittable.com/submit
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Kitchen Table Quarterly amplifies work that breathes fresh life into the past. Our belief is that each of us is an amalgamation of the histories that made us, be they cultural, political, sexual, medi...
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Kitchen Table Quarterly @kitchentableqtrly.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
We're one of the mags closing soon! Submit to us, and find other awesome lit mags to support and submit to in this list.
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Kitchen Table Quarterly @kitchentableqtrly.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Who's got words for us? Subs are open til the end of the month!
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Kitchen Table Quarterly @kitchentableqtrly.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Grab some peaches and strawberry lemonade, y'all, summer's here!
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The Baffler @thebaffler.com · 01/07/2026
The Soviet campaign against illiteracy was extremely successful, and helped novelist and front-line journalist Vasily Grossman reach fame and acclaim. But when he deviated from the Stalinist script, the KGB came calling.
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The Music of Destruction | Mathias Fuelling
Grossman was split into two figures by the Soviet authorities, dissident Jew and voice of the people.
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Kitchen Table Quarterly @kitchentableqtrly.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
What've you got? Send it to us!
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Kitchen Table Quarterly @kitchentableqtrly.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Mark your calendars. Only four day til summer subs open!
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Gabe Montesanti recommends books by Dean Atta, Monique Jenkinson, Amrou Al-Kadhi and other drag performers who haven’t graced RuPaul’s runway.
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Nine Fabulous Books by Drag Performers Who Were Never Featured on RuPaul’s Drag Race
There are some dazzling books by drag queens who have risen to stardom, either through social media like TikTok or reality shows like RuPaul’s Drag Race. Of course I attended Bob the Drag Queen’s b…
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Every Film Now @everyfilmnow.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Zendaya holding copies of 'DUNE: MESSIAH' and 'THE ODYSSEY' at Rakestraw Books. #Zendaya #DuneMessiah #TheOdyssey
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Kitchen Table Quarterly @kitchentableqtrly.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
It's spring and we're blossoming.
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Jooli-AHH! Boolia 👻🍂🎃 @jooliaghoulia.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Today we're grateful for libraries 📚️ They provide more than just books, you know! You can get movies, music, classes, community help, & more! It all depends on your library ☺️ What are your favorite library services?
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Drew Webb 🏳️‍🌈 @archeryfan93.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
This
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MFCarter @mfcarter.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Nothing like great art!
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Zac Emery @thezacemery.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
At the end of the day, AI bros are selling you the idea that you can get rid of all the friction—but the friction is where the magic happens.
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Kitchen Table Quarterly @kitchentableqtrly.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
PSA: KTQ submissions close in three days.
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Kitchen Table Quarterly @kitchentableqtrly.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Send your work to these awesome mags, and send your work to us, too! We're open through April 1!
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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
This is so important! We have acceptance rates as a very generalized marker, but reading the specific guidelines + the magazine itself will give you a better shot every time
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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
So far, we've matched up 14 pairs of collaborators for our 9th issue! There's still time for you to sign up! forms.gle/23oq3yHqbGtf...
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the engine(idling Issue 9 Collab Matchmaker
Our 9th Issue will be all about Collaborations! *** *** *** *** *** *** Fill out this Google Form if you need a creative partner for this project. We'll match you up with another interested c...
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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 18/03/2026
If there is a point to being human, it probably is something stupid like writing poems and songs. So go write your book. Do your part.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 19/03/2026
- “Hoppy on akkant of his joyicity.” - “The referee amogus uncanny.” - “My salty shmlawg.”
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Is Your Child Suffering from Brain Rot or Quoting Finnegans Wake?
1. “She’s lowkenuinely sheesh.” 2. “Relaxmaxxing in languidoily.” 3. “Twosday to Whensday, I’m mogging moids.” 4. “That chopped chud.” 5. “FAHH.” 6...
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Kitchen Table Quarterly @kitchentableqtrly.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Almost national poetry month!
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Kitchen Table Quarterly @kitchentableqtrly.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Huge congrats to Dani Janae, KTQ contributor and Pushcart nominee! Read her collection!
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Wild Roof Journal @wildroofjournal.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Check out our new batch of lit mag submission opportunities, including Gulf Stream Magazine, @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social, @kitchentableqtrly.bsky.social, @unborderedmag.bsky.social, @crowkeys.bsky.social, and more! wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/saturday-s...
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Saturday Shout-Out ~ March 7, 2026
Check out new submission listings from established & up-and-coming literary publications
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Kitchen Table Quarterly @kitchentableqtrly.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
We're not at AWP (bummer), but we're both still cool and open for submissions!
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Kitchen Table Quarterly @kitchentableqtrly.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Subs are open!!
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Kitchen Table Quarterly @kitchentableqtrly.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
We're so grateful to have a beautiful piece by Elzbieta Zdunek as the cover of our Winter issue and are happy to point you to more of her work over at Red Ogre Review!
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Kitchen Table Quarterly @kitchentableqtrly.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Over here, we love the histories of objects, and we love this prompt!
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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 28/02/2026
Artist showcase time! From the Red Ogre Review art collection: Elzbieta Zdunek The Love Song Issue Twenty-Four, June 2024 ogre.red/issues/2024-06/2024-06-zdu… (Courtesy of the ROR art bot.)
Elzbieta Zdunek | The Love Song | Red Ogre Review, Issue Twenty-Four, June 2024
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Kitchen Table Quarterly @kitchentableqtrly.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
New issue, who's this?
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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
It’s back 😏 Nominate Your Favorite Lit Mags of 2025 through this form ⬇️ www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag... Let’s love on some editors, folks. They freakin’ deserve it!
Writers!
Who are the best litmags of 2025?

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Kitchen Table Quarterly @kitchentableqtrly.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
We are delighted to be able to showcase all of these incredible Pushcart Nominees. If you haven't read these pieces yet, you can find them in our archive. Do it!
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Kitchen Table Quarterly @kitchentableqtrly.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
It's that time again! We love Chill Subs, so go tell Chill Subs how much you love us! (www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...)
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Kitchen Table Quarterly @kitchentableqtrly.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Subs are open and our Autumn issue is here!
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After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 08/10/2025
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Poetry Daily @poetrydaily.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Today's Featured Poem: "Frances Glessner Lee as the First True Crime Girlie: An Abecedarian" by Michaela Mayer published in @kitchentableqtrly.bsky.social Read here: poems.com/poem/frances...
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Frances Glessner Lee as the First True Crime Girlie: An Abecedarian
lessons in methodology, how to pluck each detailed monument to her private suffering from its noxious and stifling stem.
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Kitchen Table Quarterly @kitchentableqtrly.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Best of the Net Noms are here! Go read them if you haven't already. Or maybe read them again!
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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · 25/08/2025
buff.ly/1P4fsHK These books know how to treat place as a character known and loved across time. (@riggstah.bsky.net)
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7 Debut Collections About Knowing a Place Across Generations - Electric Literature
These authors capture the power and privilege of staying
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
“Many of us feel paralyzed by despair, waking to images of emaciated Palestinian children on our phone screens each morning, but there are still things we can do to help.”
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Israel is starving Gaza. Here’s how you can help keep people alive.
“People in Gaza are neither dead nor alive, they are walking corpses.” These are the words of Philippe Lazzarini, the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency,…
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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · 25/07/2025
"We asked librarians and staff at Brooklyn Public Library to write stories about their connections to these books, and describe why they think we should all be reading them now."
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Librarians Recommend 8 Books that Changed the Shape of Politics and Reading in America - Electric Literature
According to the Brooklyn Public Library, these titles can help you understand how we got here
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Kitchen Table Quarterly @kitchentableqtrly.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Looking at the sky where we are, you'd never know it's late July. Oh well, let's read.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 18/07/2025
A 2024 study found that 58 per cent of English majors at two Midwestern universities had so much trouble interpreting the opening paragraphs of “Bleak House” by Charles Dickens that “they would not be able to read the novel on their own.”
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What Happens After A.I. Destroys College Writing?
The demise of the English paper will end a long intellectual tradition, but it’s also an opportunity to reëxamine the purpose of higher education.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 14/07/2025
If YOU were in charge of the English language for a day, what is one thing you would absolutely change?
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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Is this a brilliant week or a bullshit one?
Being a writer means thinking “this is brilliant” 
& “this is bullshit” at the same time
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The Bitter Southerner @bittersouth.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
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Sean Howe @seanhowe.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
"Look—the Capitol! Let's pay it a visit!" Superman puts the scare into a lobbyist who's paid off a senator for his vote, Action Comics #1, 1938.
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Kitchen Table Quarterly @kitchentableqtrly.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
This issue's been out for a couple of days, but we're not even gonna lie, y'all, this post is a bit late because of well, everything. So our only question is: how are you caring for yourself? Any kind of joy you find, take it, friend. If that's reading some KTQ? Hey, we love that, and we love you!
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Kitchen Table Quarterly @kitchentableqtrly.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Do you love poetry or is nonfic more your jam? Do you have eclectic taste? Are you into history-- the weird, secret, but most importantly, true kind? Come read with us!
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 25/06/2025
Will reading become obsolete? How A.I. could transform our relationship to the written word.
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What’s Happening to Reading?
For many people, A.I. may be bringing the age of traditional text to an end.
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