The TEMPORAL LOBE LITERARY JOURNAL

is a quarterly journal that celebrates the richness of the creative nonfiction genre. Send us your poetry, familiar essays, memoirs, interviews, hybrid, and everything in between on the creative nonfiction spectrum.

We are particularly excited by writing that explores the complexities of being human with sincerity, vividity, and unabashed candor.

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2025

SPRING VOLUME

Benjamin Bellet

Paul Hostovsky

Kristel Chua

Barry Garelick

Kylie Donovan

Gerard Sarnat

Charlie Brice

Benjamin Bellet ✶ Paul Hostovsky ✶ Kristel Chua ✶ Barry Garelick ✶ Kylie Donovan ✶ Gerard Sarnat ✶ Charlie Brice ✶

temporal lobe | noun

a large lobe of each cerebral hemisphere situated in front
of the occipital lobe. it stores and retrieves memories, understands language, and processes emotions and auditory input.

Submissions are always open.