Author name: Shivantika Shegar

Lunchbox for the apocalypse

Science, Volume 68, Volume 68 Issue 10 / By

Picture this: the world, in all of its peculiar glory, decides to end tomorrow. Imagine that this sudden apocalypse came with the token doomsday tragedies—barren, withering farmlands, desiccated fisheries, ration lines sprawling on and on and on. Imagine, somehow, that you survive. Over time, though, a question remains: What food will survive with you? Supply […]

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Strand logo with alternate colour scheme

Upland

Poetry, Volume 67, Volume 67 Issue 2 / By

Content Warning: Violence + Warfare click, ma’s cooking up a storm today. you can feel it: the rumble of the pots, the pans. her lightning-hands, quick as she slices, she simmers, she sizzles. she adds a dash of cumin, a lump of ginger. some cardamom. some more star anise. afterwards, she’ll plunge a hunk of

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