How Long Will It Take Us to Get to the Water by Barrie Jean Borich
Facebook Threads Mastodon Bluesky Lake Michigan is churning. Not blue today. Khaki gray, though the backlight is mossy, these shades…
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The Hidden People by Anne-Marie Oomen
Facebook Threads Mastodon Bluesky The rune Fe = Wealth In Nordurardalur, one of Iceland’s northernmost regions, my beloved David and…
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In Praise of Silence, Loneliness, and Boredom by Patricia Ann McNair
Now we will count to twelve and we will all keep still —from “Keeping Quiet” by Pablo Neruda They gave…
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Night Ops by Miranda Dennis
Right before my boyfriend broke up with me, he had been updating me with careful regularity on his and his…
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The Most Beautiful Woman to Ever Leave Athens, Georgia by Jesse Sensibar
I separated burned bodies from charred helicopter seats and put pieces of  seat in blue plastic body bags. I once…
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The River Above by Margaret Erhart
We give thanks to the Stars who are spread across the sky like jewelry. We see them at night, helping…
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Five Stories about Kenny George: An Apology for Professor X by Billy Lombardo
Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio In the Shreve High football stadium, I think of Polacks nursing long beers in…
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The Next Chapter by Rebecca McClanahan
Late October leaves spiral down from the willow oaks as I drive cautiously behind Dad’s Buick. I still think of…
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The Second Sight by Suzanne Clores
PART 1 The dull whir and arcade blare of McCarran International Airport rattles my skull even after I scurry into…
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To My Friend Who Needed A Ride by Pam Parker
When you needed me, I failed you. You had appeared in my doorway in a Lanz nightgown with splashes of…
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The Quiet by Kristin Ito
For my birthday, Bear and I go to the desert. We drive through Fontana and Redlands, then continue further east.…
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Spectator Mourning by Bridget Boland
Have you ever observed the funeral wake; that is, have you been present at vigils over the bodies of the…
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We Have Lost Too Many Wigs by Desiree Cooper
As a black child born in 1960, I was only a curious spectator during the black consciousness movement. In addition…
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Siblings by Toti O’Brien
Please. I want my innocence back. Whatever it costs. I did not lose it in my room when the call…
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Skull Tastes Like by Maggie Goscinski
The sound of the radio on in the kitchen. My brothers in the backyard. Sunlight lighting the living room. My…
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It’s Hard to Meet Someone at the Bottom of the World by Anita Levin
WC: 1904 The female anglerfish’s teeth are so big she can’t close her mouth. She wears a long bright light…
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Twelve Anecdotes in Search of a Manifesto by Michele Morano
1. When she was six years old, Virginia Woolf’s older half-brother would set her up on a windowsill and poke…
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Don’t Blame The Bunny by Patricia Ann McNair
Let’s consider the video. A bevy of young women in short things and tight tops, heels and big hair and…
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How to Rescue a Feral Cat by JH Palmer
Walk to the spot where the toddler upstairs says she spotted “dragon babies,” which turn out to be a sleek…
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American Mama by Julia Poole
A waitress arrived with a pad of paper and pulled a pencil from behind her ear. “So…you ready to order?…
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