June 12th & natural history, two poems by Amanda Dissinger
June 12th Imagine if you lived 12 years in Greenpoint, imagine if you were the one to take me to the river imagine if i had stayed the...
BBHMM (An Open Love Letter to Rihanna) by Leah Donnella
On a beautiful spring day in third grade, I lent Julie Pillion fifty cents to buy blue raspberry warheads at the school store. And by...
A Letter of Forgiveness by Annie Nishida
Dear Annie, I know everyone makes mistakes, but you have done some dumb shit, girl. You’ve continued to trust Apple Maps to not get you...
OPEN DOOR POLICY Part 1: How To Deal With Your Naked House Upbringing by Nicolette Yarborough
Part 1: How To Deal With Your Naked House Upbringing I am a typical American kid on almost all counts. I was born here, rode the bus...
Mono No Aware (物のあわれ) by Alexis Takahashi
Hanami – that special time of year in Japan where everyone overcomes any sense of personal space and claustrophobia to bear witness to...
"twenty" by Madi Pignetti
I am twenty but sometimes I forget that and the last two years of my life have gone by so fast that when people ask me how old I am, I...
Avocado Music by Winona Bechtle
Avocado Music (playlist) The greatest thing my father left me was his avocado recipe. Not written, but rather experienced and practiced...
"AIR CONDITIONING DANCE PARTY" by Nina Posner
AIR CONDITIONING DANCE PARTY Everyone warned me about the New York heat before I came out here but I rebuked them. I’m from Chicago, I...
"Homebound" by Becca Luce
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"Riding with Wesley" by Sharon Jan
I am taking a ride in the night rain with Wesley. He is driving. The drops splatter against the windshield and catch the light of the...