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Yolande House -

"I search your profile for a translation, I study the conversation like a map." — 'Overlap,' Ani DiFranco "You do exactly what your father does,"...

Maureen Boyd -

When Sami was almost a teenager a salesman came knocking on their door. She spied him trudging...

Joshua Roebke -

We were descending through the strata of clouds that hovered above the Cartesian plots of northern Ohio. I was watching the approach, outside the...

Téa Mutonji -

1 Spring 2012. My first week living alone has Neil written all over it. He was the first boy I had ever had in my...

Megan Gail Coles -

Iris wakes clutching her dead cellphone in an outstretched hand. Her arm has grown heavy and numb. She has to lift and shake it...

John Manuel Arias -

I learned this ritual from my mother, and I’m sure she learned from hers. It’s just something...

Michelle Finkler -

Julia left work late. When she finally got off the bus, it was nearing 7 p.m. Her neighborhood looked different at this hour. The...

Sharon Butala -

Inspired by Alan Sillitoe, “The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner,” 1959 He had cupped one hand above his eyes, and pressed it against the...

Katerina Ivanov -

“Listen, Sonia,” Karen from Human Resources says. “We’re just a little concerned about what’s been happening with...

Hyeseung Marriage-Song -

Before it was a shiny, gated, upper-middle-class suburb with good schools and a Mercedes dealership, in the...