“a cause so indulgent it alters the brain chemistry”

issue 76 – may 2026

Read it Now

“a cause so indulgent it alters the brain chemistry”

issue 76 – may 2026

Read It Now

Issue 49

Today we celebrate four years since we launched Rough Cut Press and 49 issues featuring words and artwork by people from all over the world. This work is a love letter to our community and to you, our readers, so we are infinitely grateful that you have been with us so far. And as far as this month, we offer blooms, wings, and blue mountains.

  • Slices of citrus on a turquoise plate

Issue 48

This month we offer lilacs, lemonade, hands holding hands.

Issue 47

This month we offer God's helmet, something that lets your skin breathe.

Issue 46

This month we offer our renaissance, a body that survived.

Issue 45

This month we offer sinking stars, a handful of the world.

Issue 34: soil

This month we offer skies black, a cloud corked inside an umbrella, and the germination of the moon’s sanity.

Issue 30: ode

This month we offer changed names, the flame of fierce determination, and a body resistant to loving.

Issue 29: linger

layers -  cory fisher  This month we offer fruit we never eat, transparent gummy worms, and dream after dream. Next month we:      ode Submission guidelines can be found here. love,  amanda lezra  Editor-in-Chief still life with neighbors Cezanne’s tables, broken and discontinuous, are

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