Air/Light Magazine
Air/LightWe mean to look out expansively from this place rather than to gaze narrowly back at it, to express a West Coast aesthetic, a West Coast sensibility, and direct that lens onto the world.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 45 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 18 days ago |
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Special Announcement: The 2026 Chowdhury Prize in Literature
Editor’s note: We are thrilled to announce an award that is near and dear to our hearts. This award is granted every year by the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences (the department in which Air/Light is housed), and our very...
Freedom, Justice, Delight: An Interview with National Book Award Finalist Joseph Osmundson
By Seth Fischer, Air/Light Senior Editor
Joseph Osmundson’s Spawning: An Experiment in Queer Parenthood is my favorite kind of nonfiction book, one that is a revelation of the imagination. It’s an account of his attempts to become a parent...
Urnas Guaira: An Interview with Robinson Moreno
On June 24, 2026, two massive earthquakes struck Venezuela just west of the capital, Caracas. As of this month, over 6,500 fatalities have been confirmed, with tens of thousands of people still missing.
A former Air/Light contributor, Rob...
A Map to the Next World: Art & Poetry on View in Highland Park
I’m drawn to art shows that are curated by people who don’t curate for a living. They give the feeling of having sprung up through the cracks: unwieldy, tough, unphased by cement. Particularly appropriate for A Map to the Next World, an exh...
ETC: The Writer’s Writer’s Dogsitter’s Dogsitter’s Dog by Elizabeth Crane
ETC is a Substack series from Air/Light Magazine. This is where we publish writing, art, interviews, and more between each issue’s release. We receive so many incredible submissions for the magazine, and while we don’t have the space to pub...
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Air/Light is an online literary journal published by the English Department at the University of Southern California. We showcase both traditional and innovative works. We are firmly of the West Coast, but also national, international.
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