What I want the surgeon to know is not included in the pre-op interview, where my life of pain has been reduced to color-by-number shades: a lavender 4 to get out of bed, an orange 7...
Stepping out of autumn-chilled water, sun still warming my bare skin, I glance back at the lake wondering, will this be my last swim of the season?
What brings you here? I ask. My name badge tugs at my thin floral blouse asking me the same question. My name has sorrow...
When my grandmother died, my mother reported that her last words were: “Is that all?” Although I was not present at her death, I doubted this.
apprehension caused by awareness that a crucial detail has been left out | fear of putting into words things felt intuitively | fear that ...
It was an accident, he didn’t mean to, I forced him, I provoked, I should have kept my distance, should have shut up when told...
The pale-blue sky stretches to the horizon, broken up here and there by tendrils of white scudding along like wispy phantoms.
Each day he packs. Takes pictures off the walls, adds the dish that held his morning toast. The crumbs too. One slipper goes into his bag. One stays under the bed.
“It’s him - I’m sure of it.” “Lizzie, I think your imagination is working overtime. It’s not him.”
I walk into my parents’ home to pick my mom up for a family gathering, and like most days over the past few weeks, palpable sorrow greets me at the door.
An interview with author, Steven Heighton, featuring writing as re-enaction, exploring obsessions, and the night-mind.
While growing up in Spanish Harlem - El Barrio as we knew it during the exhilarating years of the 1970s and 80s - diversity was my monarch, acceptance my culture, and faith my freedom.
Social media has provided writers with an abundance of opportunities. From networking to marketing; it's now possible for their work to reach thousands of readers, in just a click of a button.
I’m pleased to announce the release of Issue 3 of the Dreamers Magazine. In this issue you’ll find...
A new mother doesn't need words to pray. Her body is a pulsing prayer in motion. If there's a part or fiber of her body not engaged in nurturing I don't know of it.
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