ISSUE III
Edward Gunawan
LITTLE HEART 小心
Big city Big dreams Big spender
Small town Small time Small minded
Big gun Big truck Big dick energy
Mini skirt Minnie Mouse Mini Me
Macro diet Macro lens Macro economics
Micro manager Micro influencer Micro aggressor
Supermarket Supersize Superficial
Small fish Small fry Small potato
Superstar Superbowl Super ego
Big boobs Big butts Big Pimpin’
Semi-celebrity Semi-popularity Semi-worthy
Jumbotron Jumbo jet Jumbo debt
Microchip Microloan Micro climate
Upgrade Upsell Upstate
Downtown Down low Downtrodden
Up-do Upscale Uppity
Small world Small steps Small resistances
Big hair Big voice Big trouble
Little child Little life Little heart
Big job Big Bang Big deal
Superhero Supernova Super Power
Little feet Little leaps Little victories
Edward Gunawan is the author of prize-winning hybrid prose-poetry collection The Way Back (Foglifter Press, 2022) and graphic non-fiction collection Press Play (Sweet Lit, 2020). He is published or forthcoming in TriQuarterly, Aquifer, and the Intimate Strangers anthology (Signal 8, 2020). A queer Indonesian-born Chinese immigrant, he now resides on Ohlone land in Oakland, CA. You can learn more about him at addword.com.