BAX 2020, guest-edited by Joyelle McSweeney and Carmen Maria Machado, is the sixth edition of the critically acclaimed anthology series compiling an exciting mix of fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and genre-defying work. Featuring a diverse roster of new and established authors—including Anne Boyer, Alice Notley, and Raquel Salas Rivera— BAX 2020 presents an expansive view of high-energy writing.

from Okazaki Fragments

by Kanika Agrawal

These proceedings in nature

These proceedings in cold biology

These proceedings in chemical society

These proceedings in physical communication

We refer to the concentration of residues

We observe that one sediments

faster than the other

We presume as fact that most of what we do

is in growing incomplete

short chains

We further support the conclusion

We indicate direction also

by another method

We are grateful to Drs.