A Child of Various Tongues
My Mum is driving. Her skinny body sinks into the leather seats as she takes control of the vehicle. When we turn onto the half-murrum,
by Nyokabi Kariuki
January 1, 2020
Tag: limited series
They, Them, and Us: Language and A Demand for Change
I am 4 years old. Learning to read, in tears because the words don’t follow the rules. My mom patiently helps me pronounce the
By Rachal Marquez Jones
December 9, 2019
Authenticating Detail and Disability Narratives
Why does disability matter in a craft essay? Whether we’re aware of it or not, we’ve already been told narratives about disability. Allow me to
by Audrey Carroll
December 2, 2019
Who Owns A Story?
“Write what you know.” Fiction writers have heard it a thousand times with a thousand different meanings attached. It’s a phrase that, when taken at
by Tara Fritz
November 25, 2019
Litany for the Displaced
“What does it mean to be like a rhizome? It means to be without roots, a deserted plant drifting in the desert. In Arabic, to
by Ann de Forest
April 10, 2019
Dreamers I
The streets of Oklahoma were pitch-dark, I thought the power was gone. How come these gringos don’t use light poles? I asked. Saturday at noon.
by Mariana Llanos
April 3, 2019
This is what war does—
This is what war does— to women— makes them warriors— cuts their breasts stops the gushing of their wombs— changes their nails to bayonets— Their
by Bänoo Zan
March 27, 2019
Which Love? Which Body?
Which Love? I knew the tongue but not the weight of the words. I learned that love—so heavy where I come from it
by Jennimaria Palomäki
March 20, 2019
Necessary Ingredients 1-2-3
Artist Statement: Sinejan Kılıç Buchina has for the last several years been exhaustively working on a series focused on time, material growth and social diaspora.
by Sinejan Kılıç Buchina
March 13, 2019
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