“We will both skitter and yield in the coming months,/ like the surface of unbuilt ice.”
Poem of the Week (February 1), by Hala Alyan.
“I remember Rukie telling a group of girls that God is deeply sad whenever we go against his word and give in to the flesh, and I wonder how anybody could feel that way when there is an urgent thread of desire pushing itself out of a body…”
Story of the Week (January 6), by Ama Asantewa Diaka. Selected by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
“narcissus, look in the water./ the man in the sky is soaking.”
Weekend poem, by Rebecca Took.