It’s not fair. The first time I remember saying this was when I was four years old and had gotten in trouble for an argument that was...

The surface of the fjord was still until a rock skipped across the grey water. Mara chose another flat, silvery rock, and weighed it in...

I’m lying somewhere, uncomfortable. In our bed? It feels like I’m going to be waking up with a headache. My leg is stiff and aching. I...

The metal equipment clanged against the walls as we climbed the steep staircase. Before we reached the door, the acrid smell hit us and I...

Stuart gave David a ride in his cab while still pursuing his lifelong dream creating African American art then bumped into Alan a...

I am all of three years old. The red-and-white-striped bathing suit clings to my tiny body, and I cling to my dad, my arms and legs...

In 2015, a woman at work asked if I was pregnant. To my face. In front of other colleagues. In front of svelte colleagues standing next...

I sit in Train Car C, harsh rain pelting down on the roof. My mother is asleep, her head resting on my shoulder. “She’s safe,” my mother...

There is a correct way to dress a window: you must measure first. You must choose the proper hardware. These fabrics are fixtures, and...

She might be the smartest person in her school. Or at least in this class. And she’s genuinely so attractive, in, like, a nonconventional...

Lately, all there is to do is think. About what could have been. About all the myriads of choices you made in your life, the one (but...

What did I do to make you not want me? Was it something I said? Something I did? Did my body change, or was it yours? Do you see me...