Apocalyptic literature has always asked what happens when the structures holding our lives together fail. That question hasn't exactly become less relevant. LAST LIGHT: APOCALYPSE POETRY. Contemporary poets writing from the edge.

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‘The Ministry is friendly to us in principle. In practice you wait, and the man who signs does not know what a drone survey is.’ Fatima Faizi talks to the archaeologists who are trying to preserve Afghanistan’s cultural heritage under Taliban rule.

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The Colorado River is in crisis, partly because we’ve dammed and disturbed it to the point of ecological death. Conservationists want to save the waterway and its flailing fauna. But every intervention that solves one problem has a way of creating another.

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‘Water from nearby rivers is penetrating the foundations, causing the tower to tilt, while parts of the facade are falling away.’ Fatima Faizi reports on the struggle to conserve the 12th-century Minaret of Jam and other historic monuments in Afghanistan.

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I'm delighted to announce our Best of the Net nominees, selected from issue 5! John Mackey, Naoual Peleau, Tallulah Howarth, BA Didcock, Christopher Coryat, Shannon Frost Greenstein, Ría Allen, Kuo Zhang, Eden Chicken, Kali Joy Cramer, and Tallulah Howarth. metachrosislitmag.com/metachrosis-... ⭐🌌

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