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Jan 20, 20215 min read

Man Eater, by Melissa Kerman

Umberto’s cooks the juiciest veal cutlet in the entire city. You know this because you’ve eaten veal cutlet at every Italian restaurant...

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Jan 13, 20213 min read

Identity Thief, by Ronna Whitehead

You ripped us from Mother’s arms, and Father tried to fight you. He didn’t have a gun, and your team had many. Uniformed men forced us...

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Jan 6, 20219 min read

Crossroad, by Helena Rho

Joseon, August 1961. She stood at the crossroad, crying. Not weeping, just a constant stream of tears. Dust from a passing car covered...

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Dec 23, 20205 min read

Graduation Photographs, by Caitlin Upshall

On the morning of May 23rd, I dwindle down my outfits to two; neither one overly flashy, and both terrifically practical for a photo...

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Dec 16, 20201 min read

Approximations, by Tania Mitra

Flustered, I call my mother— “Ma, how many spoons of Ginger-Garlic paste do I put?” First, I spent 19 years longing To leave home, and...

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Dec 9, 20206 min read

Set Fire, by Melissa Darcey

It starts with a first kiss kind of flush you see in the movies. A tingling vibration in your fingers and toes. It expands into a warmth...

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Nov 10, 20202 min read

Dwojak (The Polish Word for Twin), by Brooke Lehmann

I catalog beauty, collect it like stones in a river gathered together, letting the rush of water smooth their course edges. I hope the...

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Nov 4, 20202 min read

Jerusalem, by Natalie Woociker

I followed the back of your white t-shirt through the Old City that afternoon in early November, past ancient tunnels of brick and stone,...