The Couch
Inaugural Issue · A letter from the editor
The first letters are being written.
The Couch is a small magazine I have been wanting to publish for a long time. It is where I will write about kitchens and contracts, about books that changed me, about living in two languages, and about a country that raised me and a city that took me in.
Issues will come out when they are ready, not on a schedule. The first one is being put together now. If you would like to know when it lands, the easiest way is to send me a note.
By Iliana Paulino · Vancouver, May 2026
Departments · Vol. I
Coming soon
Ensayos
Essays
Long form. The bigger ideas, given room to breathe.
In the first issue
De la Cocina
From the Kitchen
Restaurants, kitchens, recipes, and the small choices behind a good service.
In the first issue
El Bufete
From the Bar
Law as a way of seeing the world. Contracts as drama.
In the first issue
Libros
Books
What I am reading. What I have read. What changed something.
In the first issue
Dos Lenguas
Two Tongues
Living and thinking in English and Spanish, and the gap between them.
In the first issue
Código
Code
AI, code, and the craft of building digital things.
In the first issue
Postales
Postcards
From Vancouver. From the Dominican Republic. From elsewhere.
In the first issue
Colophon
The Couch is published from Vancouver, BC, on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. Edited and written by Iliana Paulino. Bilingual in English and Spanish. Issues appear when they are ready.
Vol. I · No. 01 · May 2026
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