Khôra in The Best American Essays
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Welcome to KHÔRA, a dynamic online arts space produced in collaboration with Lidia Yuknavitch’s Corporeal Writing. Visit our Archive to read previous issues. Scroll down if you would like your work to be considered for future issues.
We were thrilled to learn that TWO essays from Khôra are on the list of notable essays and literary nonfiction of The Best American Essays 2022. Congratulations to Lorena Hernández Leonard (Children of the Sun, Issue 14) and Shin Yu Pai (Sour Spell, Issue 18), who were each members of our curated teams in 2022. As a new publication, this honor means the world to us!
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