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Torch Magazine
Celebrating creative writing by Black women from across the diaspora.


Friday Feature: Soni Brown
Soni Brown writes from the complicated spaces between countries, between family members who should love each other, between the person...
2 days ago


Friday Feature: Princess Usanga
Princess Usanga is a Miami-based director and writer with Haitian and Nigerian roots, born in Queens, New York. Her storytelling delves...
May 30


Friday Feature: Schyler Butler
Schyler Butler is the author of Phantom Hue (forthcoming from CavanKerry Press, 2027). A recipient of funding from the Ohio Arts...
May 23


Friday Feature: Imani Nikelle
Imani Nikelle is a southern-born, East Coast dwelling poet & filmmaker. Her poetry is published or forthcoming in Callaloo , The...
May 9


May 2025 Feature: Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Dolen Perkins-Valdez is a New York Times bestselling novelist and essayist, best known for her novels Wench , Balm , and Take My Hand....
May 5
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