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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...
Oct 12, 20231 min read
bar flies - Katey Taylor
A pale face from my past orders a whiskey and coke. His crooked grin gritting ice as his callused fingertips crawl up my femur. With a...
Oct 10, 20239 min read
Barbie Monologue, Inspired by America Ferrera - Evelyn Wang
It’s so hard to be American right now. It’s impossible. My very first Barbie was a hand-me-down. She looked like the poorer cousin of the...
Oct 8, 20231 min read
1st Place Poetry Contest Winner - Emma Conlon
notes on womanhood (abridged) liminal space 1. the place a person is in during a transitional period 2. empty or abandoned places that...
Oct 6, 20232 min read
2nd Place Poetry Contest Winner - Bella Cosentino
THE FAVORITE my mother and I argue whether the burger is raw. she was hospitalized from...
Oct 4, 20232 min read
3rd Place Poetry Contest Winner - Ella Lukowiak
what it feels like to drown I. it is slow, the cold settles into bones unused to the weight of water lodged in socks and coat pockets you...
Oct 2, 202320 min read
The Precise Opposite of Buried Treasure - Robin Kinzer
**Robin's essay is the winning submission from the Summer Fiction & Nonfiction Contest.** It’s a three-day drive from our recycled brick...
Sep 30, 20238 min read
Gowns for the Angels - Ann Kendall
Two blue lines on a little stick covered in pee – this is where dreams begin. Those blue lines set a parallel course that waffles between...
Sep 28, 20231 min read
…astray… - Nirvana Margaret
I don’t believe in wishes and yet I find myself wishing I could hear echos of your thoughts across sunsets and beneath words spoken for...
Sep 26, 20234 min read
Don’t eBay Your Past Life Airbnb It - Jen LiMarzi
When it comes to Airbnb, there are generally two categories of dwellings that can be rented in their entirety. The first is a house,...
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