Without a Net
By Catherine Lanser After three months at the inpatient rehabilitation facility, it was time for my dad to move again. Only five months after his brain hemorrhage and already it was hard to count how many stops he had made on his…
Category: Nonfiction
In Bohemia with Djuna Barnes
By LindaAnn Lo Schiavo “Bohemia is a place where everyone is as good as everyone else!” In January 1971, when I was working a full-time job while attending college and trying to launch myself as a freelance writer, I had recently moved to…
A Dangerous Nostalgia: by Aaminah Shakur
***TW for descriptions/mentions of abuse, sexual violence, and miscarriage*** May in Michigan makes me miss past lovers. The warmer days (but not too hot yet) lead to open windows, and open windows lead to sensory memories like – bachata from passing cars,…
Dystopian Family Portrait
by Charlotte Farhan Once upon a time there was a little girl who didn’t know if she was good enough to be loved, she tried with all her might to be noticed – making adults laugh, being as well behaved as possible…
From Expatriate to Repatriate: My Life Abroad and Realizing What Family Meant for Me
by Anna Alapatt I grew up in a small sport centric town in Connecticut to a mixed race family. My father was from India, and my mother was the third generation from Ukrainian and Lithuanian immigrants. My town was predominately white, which…