11th June, 2025

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A Note from the Editors

This found poem inspired by an article in The Scientific American.

Fruiting Bodies

by Arumandhira

Arumandhira is a Blasian queer writer born and raised in Indonesia (now surviving in Los Angeles). She is a Kundiman Poetry Fellow and has earned a residency from Storyknife Writers Retreat. Her works have appeared in Honey Literary, The Boiler, The Offing, Asian American's Writer's Workshop, Split This Rock, BRUISER Mag, and SWWIM.

Find her on Instagram @stiiickyriiice.