When I told you my story, I never mentioned him. But he’d been there, in between English and Spanish II with Mrs. Garcia. I could …
For Sisters by Chelsea Coreen
While I drive her home from the movie theater, she tells me about the junior prom. And how she bought her black gauze gown with …
Cutting School by Megan Falley
after Joshua Marie-Wilkinson One girl runs out of the classroom when the health teacher pops a tape into the VCR about anorexia. One girl tells …
The Struggle by Elizabeth Nichols
Broken bird on a chain. Unfree Unclean Stretching Reaching Straining veins he can’t keep you Don’t let him beat you You can be free broken …
Company by Megan Falley
I don’t tell them about the time you were supposed to pick me up from school or the payphone or the answering machine or how …
My Soles by Elizabeth Suzanne
My soles have walked the earth a hundred times over, and over time have walked. Miles of moonlight, Scores of sunshine, Running after rain, Wading …
Here by Joseph Mills
Where are you from? my children are asked not because of how they talk, or how they look, but how we look with one another, …
My Daughter Continues To Be Annoyed By George Washington by Joseph Mills
A plaque on the Salem Tavern says, “George Washington slept here.” It’s true, it’s well documented, and my daughter doesn’t care. She’s not a fan. …
