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Corporeal lit mag
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Literary magazine that explores, explains, questions, and troubles our experiences of embodiment.
Subs open - visit www.corporeallitmag.com/submissions
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Check out the complete volume XX at www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xx

We are also open for submission to volume XXI, refer to our website for submission details.
Cover of Corporeal vol. XX featuring dark purple foliage.
September 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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You can now read the complete Corporeal volume XIX at corporeallitmag.com/volume-xix

Feeling inspired? Our inbox is open for volume XX
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June 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Lisa shares a piece discussing the terror of having safe foods taken from you - you can read it at www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xix/lisadellaporta
Text appears against a background of large white and red flowers surrounded by green foliage: The threat of tariffs and their likelihood to disrupt the supply chain for my sustenance is something that keeps me up at night. Lisa DellaPorta Diet Culture
June 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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@hihannakarras.bsky.social makes her publication debut with an achingly gentle poem about miscarriage and aftercare - read it at www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xix/hannakarras
Text appears against a background of large white and red flowers surrounded by green foliage: And when they’re moved from the table, are they held? Was she ever held? Hanna Karras Aftercare
June 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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any yongest siblings? relatable? www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xix/stephenmead2
Text appears against a background of large white and red flowers surrounded by green foliage: The youngest of hand-me-downs lost in britches, too big, too big? Stephen Mead The Colors of My Closet
June 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Stephen's poetry is lyrical and vulnerable - read it at www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xix/stephenmead
Text appears against a background of large white and red flowers surrounded by green foliage: Sailor's serenade - the white lines of tight hips, thighs shadow-black with folly's froth Stephen Mead Shore Leave
June 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Corporeal is open for submissions to volume XX! In particular, we're looking for more visual artwork and non-traditional poetry.
Visit our website for more information about submission guidelines or head over to the archive to see the types of things we've published in the past.
Text against a backdrop of red, pink, white, and green florals: Open for submissions to volume XX visit www.corporeallitmag.com/submissions
June 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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jms xuange explores the fluidity of identity, embodiment, and violence through surreal and transgressive poetic forms. You can read two more of their poems at www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xix/jmsxuange1
Text appears against a background of large white and red flowers surrounded by green foliage: A grave doesn’t say no to a corpse. A hole doesn’t reject what it’s told is treasure. jms xuange What It's Told Is Treasure
June 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Read jms' poetry exploring themes of embodiment, bodily transformation, and survival at www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xix/jmsxuange
Text appears against a background of large white and red flowers surrounded by green foliage: I can stich together a self. There must be shops. Or apps. jms xuange Pre-Booked with a Guru
June 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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What are the things we dance around? What parts of embodiment do you keep hidden? you can read two poems by Jessica at www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xix/jessicafinch
Text appears against a background of large white and red flowers surrounded by green foliage: never faced a boy until class ended, continually turning, a sturdy ballerina Jessica Finch Bleeding Through
June 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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When your migraine is a person and a full-body trauma response - read Hannah's poem at www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xix/hannahcruz
Text appears against a background of large white and red flowers surrounded by green foliage: in bed I saw this pain above me like a demon Hannah Cruz after seven months of no contact I speak to my father on the phone for 15 minutes. that night I experience a full body migraine for the first time in almost a year
May 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Kristina's essay reflects on embodiment in a larger body, examining the emotional and physical complexities of living in a body that no longer feels familiar, and the ongoing process of reclaiming presence, sensuality, and self-worth. Read it at www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xix/kristinawarlen
Text appears against a background of large white and red flowers surrounded by green foliage: These places are terrifying. And kind. And sometimes, there, I catch a glimpse of myself—not smaller, not prettier, not transformed. Just present. Just allowed. Kristina Warlen The Body Stayed
May 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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In the conversation of embodiment there is a grace (for some of us) in knowing that this too shall end - read two poems by j at www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xix/jmarvain
Text appears against a background of large white and red flowers surrounded by green foliage: buried somewhere in the blood was a promise that our flesh is not "forever” j marvain cartography
May 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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We kick off volume XIX with two poems by James about embodying an aging body - read now at www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xix/jameststemmle
Text appears against a background of large white and red flowers surrounded by green foliage: but for now it’s how much pain do I have to push through to get to the garage James T. Stemmle Pain
May 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Volume XIX is posting now and still accepting submissions - read at corporeallitmag.com/volume-xix
Text appears against a background of large white and red flowers surrounded by green foliage: Volume XIX posting now and open for submissions
May 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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The complete volume XVIII is now available at www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xviii - congrats to all of our artists.
Our inbox is open for volume XIX which begins posting soon!
Read the complete Volume XVIII now Volume XIX open for submissions
May 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Catherine is a student, writer, and bookseller with a love for literature focused on embodiment, suffering, and the human condition - you can read her poem terminable kafka at www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xviii/catherinepabalate
Text appears against a background of large white and red flowers surrounded by green foliage: there is a horrid creature underneath my girlish flesh Catherine Pabalate terminable kafka
May 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Wyatt is a casual Quaker, writer, and editor - read two of his poems at www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xviii/wyattstrawbridge
Text appears against a background of large white and red flowers surrounded by green foliage: will my flag Flop, over without me. Fly on my fly Over the American soup Wyatt Strawbridge Arbitrary Ruling
April 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Muheez is a writer of prose and poetry, read three of his poems at www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xviii/muheezolawale
Text appears against a background of large white and red flowers surrounded by green foliage: darkness is engraved on your tongue already, and you breath nothing but lonely nights Muheez Olawale Everything Sweet and Tender
April 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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New poem by tommy, the jester of popular culture - read at www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xviii/tommyblake
Text appears against a background of large white and red flowers surrounded by green foliage: i commit jesteratrocities of the flesh to get away tommy wyatt blake PATCH UPDATE #9: FROGS/BATS/RATS
April 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Read Volume XVIII at www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xviii
Read about our submission guidelines at www.corporeallitmag.com/submissions
Volume XVIII posting now Volume XIV open for submissions
April 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Nicolas moved from Paris to the USA, missed the world left behind, so he began writing. He hasn't stopped since. Read his poem Venus as Lucifer at www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xviii/nicolas
Text appears against a background of large white and red flowers surrounded by green foliage: I folded myself into a star and got pinned with feathers and tar to the sky Nicolas Venus as Lucifer
March 29, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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What's it like to live in that body? Read two more embodiment poems by @lrbpoetry.bsky.social at www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xviii/lydiaraebush2
Text appears against a background of large white and red flowers surrounded by green foliage: I merely perceive of myself as having been freed or silenced. Lydia Rae Bush Honor
March 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Lydia Rae Bush is with us all week with poetry exploring themes of embodiment and social-emotional development - read at www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xviii/lydiaraebush
Text appears against a background of large white and red flowers surrounded by green foliage: i am brave for deciding to risk stopping surviving in the name of thriving Lydia Rae Bush unfearful
March 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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You can read three new poems by Audrey, including a black out: Ophelia's Revenge, at www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xviii/audreycarroll
A blackout poem appears against a background of large white and red flowers surrounded by green foliage creating a poem that reads: I denied his access to me. I was the more deceived. Audrey Carroll Ophelia's Revenge
March 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM