B. M. Will 

Issue One, Volume Two of the Papyrus Review has taken a lot of different forms during its development. When we sat down to think of a theme, we had a huge list of ideas that ultimately became a moot point because of some dumb iceberg youtube video one of our editors watched. 

This issue's theme is Liminal Spaces, because the video was on... well, you know, liminal spaces. The phrase has a ton of great definitions that we can't actually reiterate here because of plagiarism, so if you don't know what that means go google it.


Okay, we are going to assume, going forward, that you googled it.

This volume plays with liminal spaces in a few different ways, both in theme and form. Instead of releasing this installment all at once, we wanted to emulate the space between two sides of a record. You will have a little over a month to digest Side A before we let you "flip the record" and take in Side B. Those days become, in a sense, the literal liminal space in the issue (if you aren't tracking, you probably didn't google it. So you have no idea that a liminal space is a transitionary space between two things...).

Now that we should all be on the same page. Side A: In, Out, and the Space in Between is a blend of poetry and creative nonfiction that deals with one of our author's personal journey coming to terms with her space in the world as a bisexual individual, especially in spaces that intentionally, or unintentionally, try to erase her identity. The poems and prose detail her own hopes, fears, and how she chooses to represent herself in the backdrop of a culture that would rather see her as "straight" because she married a man.

The author of the still untitled Side B takes a radically different approach to the theme... but more on that on the flip side.

Peace out.
XOXO
-Brian M. Will, Editor in Chief