Published annually by the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, either/or is a magazine of fiction, nonfiction and poetry that endeavors to showcase the most compelling new writers in America’s literary landscape. Founded in 2024, either/or was conceived in the midst of myriad national emergencies—political, environmental, existential—all of which have created a mood of fear, ennui, and despair. Our magazine seeks stories, essays and poems that wonder how we might live in the aftermath of disasters, how we might recommit ourselves to community and language, and how such affirmations will necessitate, as our namesake suggests, a clear-eyed engagement with the aesthetic, the ethical, and the numinous.