Caitlin McGregor | Chook & Peach


DIALOGUE editorial: Eileen Chong

Artwork:
10 artworks by Caitlin McGregor

Essays:
'And then the world went loud': Reflections on protest and solidarity by Sara Haddad
Algorithm non grata: The relentless banality of LLMs by Tyne Daile Sumner
Poetry in motion: The mobile poetic inquiry of a CALD educator by Jack Tan
A language for grief: Writing horror in fiction and poetry by Eliza Victoria
Digital essay: A website is a zine by Tegan Webb

Interviews:
‘Language observes the body, and the body further observes language’: Shastra Deo in conversation with Natsumi Aoyagi
'Beyond the state': Dominic Guerrera in conversation with Dr Latoya Aroha Rule

Translations:
3 Self-translations by Mariam Al-Khatib
3 Teemu Helle translations by Niina Pollari
3 Neslihan Yalman translations by Mete Özel and Jeffrey Kahrs

Chapbooks:
Tell Me Like You Mean It 8 guest-edited by Alex Creece
Hard and Bloody Wonders by Aries Gacutan

Reviews:
Review short: Shu-Ling Chua reviews Cadence Chung’s Mad Diva
Rawdogging the system: Declan Fry reviews Ender Başkan’s Two Hundred Million Musketeers

New books:
Traffic Saga by Lia Dewey Morgan, introduced by Lucy Van
Transition Vamps by David Prater, introduced by Liam Ferney
Dispositions 26 by McKenzie Wark, introduced by Vivian Blaxell

And 88 new poems selected by Eileen Chong:

Save the planet/love your body
by Isabel Greenslade
In Vivo
by Max Levinson
For Star
by Angela Yang
Work Sheet
by Juhyun Lee
two words (rhymes with lesion)
by Panda Wong and Anita Solak
Court Transcript
by Karen Lowry
Dust
by Audrey Henderson
adhan
by Anne Jamison
A Failed Bigamy
by Haitney Drew
Rewilding Mother
by Louise Oxley
Olive Jar Ganga
by Raqiya Ahmed
Lucid Poem
by Toby Fitch
contact sports
by Eva Phillips
Reports in Manila After Tiananmen
by Ronald Araña Atilano
q. 14
by Luke Dunne
Hakka
by Sean Wai Keung
Light of the South
by Troy Wong
Race Against Time
by Melanie Van Langenberg
Drinking Problem
by Kylie A Hough
Ekphrasis
by Radha Jyoti Nur
In the night space
by Kimberley Zeneth
ANNA
by Abbra Kotlarczyk
All Questions Asked
by Mirte Meeus
Glose
by Amy Spade
Spirit
by Joel M. Toledo
Driving at Night
by Susan Gillis
Four Stages of Mycology
by Belle Biscotti
Bird Cento
by Catherine Johnstone
really?
by Celia A. Sorhaindo
fantażma
by Jason Schembri
our mouths
by Rae White
Gubat
by Kiko Caramat
Mae Nak Phra Khanong Shrine
by Ploy Jarungpiterah
Image Construction
by Chimmy Meer
Year of the Horse
by Zhao Xingyu
trans danger
by Sujan Lama
Chinese melody
by Cadence Chung
Menopausal
by Aloma Davis
CAESARS
by Lisa Gorton
in defense of em dash
by Chelsey Keith Ignacio
Uncertainty Principle
by John Pring
Lacuna, with footnotes
by Aki Dueñas
To be outside
by Bhavna Parmar
Two Places
by Ko Ko Aung
Oh
by Jane Williams
Lifting The Veil
by Ali Cobby Eckermann
Alive
by Helena Turner
How will you live now? (ii)
by Alycia Pirmohamed
Em Hammer Dash—
by Elizabeth Walton
Petrichor in the Afternoon
by Anne-Marie Te Whiu
The End
by Jennifer Chang
counterpoint
by Jazz Money
Remains
by Nikko Miguel Garcia
Burn, Khamenei, Burn!
by Uygar Özcan
Sudden Death
by Wes Lee
A Telephone
by Nathanael O'Reilly
Around town
by Tony Beyer
Jasmina
by Benedict Andrews
In situ
by Libby Hart
94.5fm
by Samantha Haran
Tithonus
by Robin M Eames
Mistaken Identity
by Brant Angelo S. Ambes
Head Case
by Jennifer Hill
is and was
by Lulu Houdini
Dictionary in Dispute
by Francesc Hernández
Breakage
by Alana Kelsall
The body falls away
by Audrey Molloy
Answered Prayers
by Alice Allan
DROOLING OVER HEMLOCKS
by Abdulmueed Balogun Adewale
Hujan/Rain
by Raidah Shah Idil
 
 

CORDITE POETRY REVIEW
ISSUE 120: DIALOGUE
Released: 11 May 2026