128 Lit
New York City-based literary magazine
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128 Lit (stylized as 128 LIT) is a literary magazine and multimedia project based in New York City. Founded by Andrew Felsher and Yehui Zhao in February 2022, the publication publishes and showcases poetry, fiction, essays, translation, art, and other diverse forms of media in both print and online forms. In 2023, it won a Firecracker Award from the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses for Magazine / Best Debut.[1]
Aadhi Avrina Prabala-Joslin
Sean Sam
Ruby Wang
Yehui Zhao
![](#/media/File:"128_LIT"_issue_1_cover.png) 128 LIT's first issue, October 2022 | |
| Editor | Andrew Felsher Aadhi Avrina Prabala-Joslin Sean Sam Ruby Wang |
|---|---|
| Categories | Literature, art, politics |
| Founder | Andrew Felsher Yehui Zhao |
| Founded | February 2022 |
| First issue | October 2022 |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | New York City |
History
The publication was founded in 2022 by Felsher, a writer, and Zhao, a multimedia artist and filmmaker. That year, they designed the publication's website with some of Zhao's risograph art in mind and reached out to editors and writers.[2] The first issue of 128 Lit was published in October 2022, and the publication held several events at Black Spring Books, Wordup Community Bookshop, People's Forum, and others; they also had stands at Indie Lit Fair and Rehearsal Artbook Fair.[3][4] Initial contributors to the magazine's first issues included Kim Hyesoon, Don Mee Choi, Jackie Wang, Vi Khi Nao, Sarah Ghazal Ali, Chime Lama, María Ospina, Jhani Randhawa, Liza St. James, Monica de la Torre, Mirene Arsanios, Celina Su, and others.[5]
