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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 20, 20215 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 13, 20213 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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Jan 6, 20219 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 23, 20205 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 16, 20201 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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Dec 9, 20206 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 10, 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,...
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Nov 4, 20202 min read
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