Barbie Power - Margaret D. Stetz
Miss Revlon (wide eyes and tiny pouty mouth stubby body outsize head— a glamour fetus) was my doll but in my class a girl had Barbie and...
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Nov 4, 20232 min read
Kilter - Julie Benesh
I. We all feel off kilter. It used to be fewer, of us, so now there is more consensus. Is that an improvement? Discuss Can we agree...
Nov 2, 20233 min read
The Cliffs of Moher, July 1997 - Dorothy Bossman
The French have a term for the desire to throw oneself from a high place, "l'appel du vide" or "call of the void." Several articles...
Oct 31, 20234 min read
A Good Hair Day - Christina Getachew
I stood by the sink and let the tap water run to get warm while watching my daughter slowly unravel her two thick braids. Her eyes were...
Oct 30, 20231 min read
This Is Where I Walk - Mike Cullinane
This is where I walk. In the hour of the red dawn Washing the twilight in my mind. Displaying the imperfections, The obstructions to...
Oct 28, 202312 min read
The Watched Pot - VA Wiswell
Monday Morning The pot stares at me like Poe’s veiled eye. Tracks me from corner to corner. Its bright blue-green exterior, a peacock...
Oct 26, 20231 min read
Stardust, Golden, Back to the Garden - Catherine Norris
It’s late summer and I read an article about a woman’s disdain for August and agreed, until today, when I soaked my desirous bones in the...
Oct 22, 20231 min read
Against the Current - Nancy Manning
From my student’s hawk-like talons hangs a dangling mouse that squirms to free herself before he threatens to drop her remains. Day after...
Oct 20, 20231 min read
Haunted House - Hannah Rae
I put the flame of the lighter to my wrist, skin puckering like a loved mouth, the morning sun doesn’t even do me so good. It is seven...
Oct 18, 20232 min read
Withered Dreams - Linda-Raven Woods
I have the receipt for my dad’s first guitar, a Yamaha acoustic he bought in September of 1965 which means it was the gift he gave to...
Oct 16, 20237 min read
You Can’t See Stars In London - Elaine Chennatt
On yet another Saturday with nowhere to be, I wander into the Tate Modern art gallery. I stand for a moment, watching the people in the...
Oct 14, 20233 min read
Care for the Caregiver - Erika Mukherjee
You just have to take care of yourself. I know it’s hard. But you’ll get through it. Do this. Do that. It was all too much. The onslaught...
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