Lives

Bahrain on Horseback

By Laura Dean August 14, 2019

The author returns to the landscape of her childhood to discover it has disappeared, along with many political dissidents.

ConflictMENA

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Blood Oranges

By Carla Bruce-Eddings July 24, 2019

I watched my skin split, tender and pliant as fruit.

Bodies & Nature

Lives

Beautiful in the Distance

By Josh Potter June 24, 2019

The tick doesn’t know that it is strong enough to kill a full-grown human. It only knows that it is hungry.

Bodies & NatureFamily & Relationships

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Where Disease Stopped and My Brother Began

By Katherine Rowland June 21, 2019

Coming to terms with a sibling's suicide.

Family & RelationshipsHealth

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The Power of High Heels

By Rafaela Bassili June 19, 2019

Not necessarily for the male gaze, heels can exemplify an assertive personality, a refusal to be ignored.

Family & RelationshipsGender

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Mr. Rain Jacket

By Marin Sardy May 20, 2019

Homeless, solitary, and schizophrenic, my brother had nothing to shield him from everybody else.

Family & Relationships

Lives

Letters to Mothers: Crones, Hags, Witches, and Killjoys

By Sophia Shalmiyev and Leni Zumas May 15, 2019

Mother’s Day is a joke we are all in on, and yet it continues—straight-faced, deadly serious, and poisoned.

Bodies & NatureGender

Lives

Squirrel King

By Steven A. Miller May 9, 2019

The city didn’t put stop signs at our suburban corner until I was thirteen. Despite the reckless driving, no one was ever killed. Pet dogs and stray cats weren’t so lucky. Neither were the squirrels.

Bodies & NatureFamily & Relationships

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Home Visit

By Lori Lynn Turner April 30, 2019

Making oneself at home in prison

Family & RelationshipsJustice

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Life and Death in West Virginia

By Christa Parravani April 5, 2019

I’m in a haunted place, in my home and in my body.

Bodies & NatureFamily & Relationships

Lives

Escaping Paradise

By Melissa Mesku April 1, 2019

How my family barely got away from the deadliest fire in California history.

Climate & EnvironmentFamily & Relationships