CONDITIONALS

Conditional Essay (n.): A type of essay in which the body presses against text through the proposition of variables, relating (but not limited) to the extant body and its experience. Usually written by Fugue Staff.

  • Here I am Again, Looking - Karissa Carmona

    A Conditional Essay on Chris La Tray’s One Sentence Journal

    9 May 2024

  • You Do Not See Horror, You Live It - Saugata Debnath

    A Conditional Essay on Brian Evenson’s A Collapse of Horses

    26 Aprl 2024

  • “Sparkler in the Night’s Black Field” - Alex Connors

    A conditional essay on Shira Erlichman’s Odes to Lithium

    12 April 2024

  • Punk, Petty, and Meta-Gay - Gianna Starble

    A Conditional Essay on Michelle Tea’s Black Wave

    29 March 2024

  • A Flight with No Return - Jason Cahoon

    A conditional essay on Max Porter’s Grief Is the Thing with Feathers

    23 February 2024

  • Out of the Watery Womb - Reid Davis

    A conditional essay on Adrienne Rich’s Diving into the Wreck

    16 February 2024

  • Turn to the page / called free - Joely Fitch

    A conditional essay on Maya Jewell Zeller’s Out Takes / Glove Box

    2023

  • I Gave Myself a Body - Steff Sirois

    A conditional essay on Nell Stevens’ Briefly, a Delicious Life

    2023

  • On Lost Paperwhites - Christian Perry

    A conditional essay on Sam Moore’s All My Teachers Died of AIDS

    2023

  • Me and Abyme - Samuel Simmons

    A conditional essay on Mark Haber’s Saint Sebastian’s Abyss

    2023

  • Philosopher of Sandwiches - Spencer R. Young

    A conditional essay on Anne Carson’s Autobiography of Red

    2023

  • "In what banal way was I about to fuck up today?" - Michael Harper

    A messy conditional essay on Laurie Weeks’ Zippermouth

    2023

  • Mother Mirror on the Wall - Crystal Cox

    A conditional essay on Katie Marya’s Sugar Work

    2023

  • Trapping the Roomba - Afton Montgomery

    A conditional essay on Samantha Schewblin’s Little Eyes, translated by Megan McDowell

    2023

  • The Body Composite - Gianna Stoddard

    A conditional essay on Franny Choi’s Soft Science

    2023

  • Secure Your Own Tiny Party Hat Before Assisting Others - Libby Croce

    A conditional essay on Wendy Xu’s You Are Not Dead

    2023

  • I Collect Tubers - Miriam Akervall

    A conditional essay on Octavia Butler's Dawn

    2023