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Apr 13, 20214 min read
Burn Baby Burn - Genise Danzy
On this particular Summer morning, me, my older sister, and older brother waited on my father to wake up so that we could eat breakfast,...


Apr 12, 20217 min read
Carol - Philip Shelley
In my senior year of college, I sublet a one-bedroom shoebox on St. Marks Place and started working weekends at a holdout father-and-son...


Apr 11, 20213 min read
Dear Lonely Girl - Rebecca Shafi
I see you on the train with the run in your black tights and the blob of soggy Cheerios hanging from the pocket of your over-worn...


Apr 10, 20213 min read
The Way He Looked at Me - Susan Dugan
I fell in love with the way he looked at me. Aretha Franklin playing on the radio that day driving home nailed it—Respect! An expression...


Apr 8, 20211 min read
Empty - Anna Stolley Persky
When I’ve had enough, I beg for help, so the doctor slices through my abdomen, yanks two putrid-ripe babies through my flayed skin – They...


Apr 7, 20216 min read
Batty - Sammi Curran
When she was sixteen, an incredible itch started in Sadie Rowan’s head. It sat in on the left side of her brain just underneath her...


Apr 6, 20216 min read
A Beautiful Friendship - Jenny Leon
Through the thin walls, I thought I could hear our doctor say, “I’m sorry, Lizzie. Your counts are too low to be treated today.” It was...


Apr 5, 20211 min read
The Paper Words - Lydia Landrum
Sometimes I find myself Trying to put words to the sensations I feel inside myself Like when my heart is racing I put my hand Over my...


Apr 4, 20217 min read
Familia - Rommy Cortez Driks
Rina immediately felt clearer and more peaceful when she picked up one of the large silver hoop earrings with a tourmaline quartz bead...


Apr 3, 20212 min read
What Makes me a Woman - Anna Raymo
I will never love another man as much as you I know what they sing about when they sing about being weak It is weakness brought on by the...


Apr 2, 20213 min read
The Value of Pie - Marijean Oldham
I was 37 years old when my son left for college, creating a hole in my life. On a whim, I bought a book called Pie. Week after week, I...


Apr 1, 20213 min read
Alive - Viviane Simōes
You look at yourself in the mirror and you don’t recognize the face you see. You are happy. “Hey, it’s been a while”, you think. And you...
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