Palooka is an international literary magazine of unique fiction, poetry, nonfiction, artwork, photography, and graphic narratives. We've featured writers, artists, and photographers from United States, Canada, Australia, India, United Kingdom, China, Pakistan, Spain, France, Ireland, South Korea, Israel, Finland, Italy, and Austria.
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Future Palookas

Sweetfires Available Now!​
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​Evelyn María Anderson is a muralist and poet with a BA in Arts Practice from Stanford University. She works at the intersection of the arts and social justice at Stanford’s Institute for Diversity in the Arts. Raised in a bicultural home, her mother’s family is from Honduras, while her father grew up in Illinois. By following intergenerational stories of familial love, abuse, and intimacy, her poly-vocal chapbook, Sweetfires, seeks to elucidate the broader geopolitical relationship between Central America and the United States. Evelyn is working to better honor the Lenca understanding that the spirits of children live in the rivers and that it is our duty to protect them.

Featured Palooka:
Paul Luikart (#11)​

Paul Luikart is the author of the short story collections Animal Heart and Brief Istructions. His work is included in the 2019 Best Microfiction anthology from Pelekinesis Press, and his story “Barclay Station” won Nassau Review’s 2019 Writer Award for Fiction. He studied fiction writing at Miami University, the University of Chicago, and Seattle Pacific University, where he earned his MFA. He serves as an adjunct professor of fiction writing at Covenant College and lives with his family in Chattanooga.

Featured Work:
​​Malia Nahinu (#11)

Check out Malia's wonderful artwork from Palooka #11!