Outline of What I Want to Say to My Sister
by Christine Pakkala
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A. On the phone, you tell me you were frozen, then brought back to life. The fre... Read More.
What Do You Know About One-Night Stands?
by Joanna Acevedo
You will be twenty or twenty-one or twenty-two, no younger than nineteen, no older than... Read More.
The Enigma
by Tara Rose Stromberg
I was looking for Samuel Bernstein's novel, Lulu, at The Strand, a giant stack of books teetering in the crook of ... Read More.
It's me, Mom.
by Bianca Ng
My parents gave up a comfortable life in China so that their children could have better opportunities. When they came to ... Read More.
On Race and Small Talk With the Neighbors
by Dionne Custer Edwards
We found our home driving through the neighborhood adjacent to where I used to li... Read More.
Incel "Empowerment"
by Sarah Madges
I have spent the last couple of weeks surveying online discussion forums populated by self-identified “incels,” ... Read More.
Apostrophe
by Lena Ziegler
I was ten years old. We were against the wall, all twelve of us, like a criminal lineup outside the girls’ locker room. L... Read More.
Version
by Mia Caruso
It tasted lemony, a smudge of sweet acid on the tip of her tongue, hot from the sun where it had been growing until the moment... Read More.
Please Don’t Make Me Repeat Myself
By Adam Polaski
“You have such a beautiful voice,” the director said guardedly. He sat rigidly on the sofa in my ... Read More.
Simmer
by Ken Brosky
When they come to see the stove, they inhale a simultaneous woosh, the kind of sound that only comes from air moving into the l... Read More.
Repentance
by Kayla Michelle Smith
One Friday each fall, Missionary Baptist girls from all over the state of Mississippi were excused from school to... Read More.
Jagged Space
by Karen Bell
My sense of what it means to be an American woman, a queer Aries snowflake, shifts every time I leave and return to my ow... Read More.
Genuine Ringers
by Mike Wilson
Julia was a single mom, so she did what she had to do.
“Just put your quilt on the table with the others,” Beth ... Read More.
Lucia
by Alena Dillon
My mom acted like she was just one good fuck away from becoming a millionaire. Every Saturday night she squeezed into ... Read More.
