“I said I had documented aesthetics on my side, and yes, it’s hard not to be anal when discussing antelope ass.” Kate McCorkle remembers a first home at the beginning of a marriage.
“The poetry of two black American female poets, Phillis Wheatley and Alice Dunbar-Nelson, are both, if not political statements, records of the politics of their time.” Steven Chung reflects on the poetry of two African American women.
“…Why one relative wouldn’t look in another one’s eyes, these never qualified as bedtime tales, or as I grew older, any-time tales.” Soniah Kamal talks of growing up in modern Pakistan and 9/11.
“They grab you and pack their belongings quickly and they flee. They flee to another land… but don’t hold your breath. The storm isn’t over.” Juan Zapata’s impassioned letter confronting racism.
New contributor Trisha Federis writes out a life in fragments, made up of people and places, memories and hope.