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 the conclusion
We indicate direction also
by another method

We are grateful to Drs.