I want to make an extravagant birthday cake that I won’t eat.
The Cake by Michaela Evanow
Category: January-February 2023
Unfolding by Dheepa R. Maturi
Two months ago, she showed me the 52-year-old fabric, folded into a neat rectangle.
Via Crucis Via Lucis by Cynthia Gralla
The nurse told me that if I resisted the insertion of my nasogastric tube, she’d restrain me and shove it up my nose. I was 11.
Thrift Store Stories by Leighton Schreyer
These are the sweatpants I wore; when I tried to end my life…
Another Day in Sales by Vincent Antonio Rendoni
My father comes in late from work, real late, humming the bars of Black Magic Woman…
Goodbye America by Itoro Bassey
I went to a Buddhist monastery…to find relief from the usual suspects: workaholism, relationships, the 24-hour news cycle…
Blind Spots I Have (Not) Known by Judith Katzman
The drinking fountain on the left is a humming machine. The one on the right looks like a bathroom sink…
Imposter Syndrome by Maria Hetherton
You start wearing a habit, the first thing they tell you is “Watch it around toilets.”
WRITING LIFE: How Kayaking Buoyed My Writing by Ann Batchelder
I flipped over many times trying to write my memoir.
A Balancing Act by Joy Riggs
I sit in the parking lot outside my parents’ senior apartment building and hit the FaceTime button on my phone.
