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Long-term Art Project

  • Gabe Montesanti
  • May 8, 2025
She hid out in a bathroom, calling out for her father. She called him "daddy," a term she hadn't used since she was a child.
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Fragments

  • Jenni Belotserkovsky and Sarah Yahm
  • April 3, 2025
She wanted to lie in the desert and feel the hot moist tongue of the jackal on her spine.
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On Tove Jansson’s Eccentrics and Oddballs

  • Emily Webber, Rachel Luria, and Beverly Luria
  • March 7, 2025
I saw my fears and yearnings magnified and reflected back to me in Jansson's stories.
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The Rite

  • Rosie Brand
  • March 6, 2025
Something weird came out in my pants.
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Whale Sex

  • Jay Aja
  • February 13, 2025
It was joyous.
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Sketch Book Review: Three Books About Rivers

  • Kateri Kramer
  • January 23, 2025
When passionate individuals like these authors put pen to paper, they have the opportunity to create real change.
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The Forever Park

  • Michelle Liu, Tristan Liu
  • January 9, 2025
It was never about reaching the park.
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Motorcycle Wife

  • Polly Lou Adams
  • December 5, 2024
(Don't worry, we wear helmets in real life.)
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Sketch Book Reviews: What An Owl Knows

  • Kateri Kramer
  • November 21, 2024
When things in the world feel particularly scary of hopeless, I find it very difficult to read books about humans.
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I See More Lives Than I Ever Lived

  • Jeevitha Kannan
  • November 7, 2024
If I am nobody, then who are you?
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Changes

  • Amanda Dibando Awanjo
  • October 10, 2024
After the end, new life bursts forth. A reality that feels as cruel as it is hopeful.
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Town Mouse, Glamping Mouse

  • Molly Murphy
  • September 5, 2024
You and me, Enya? We get to greet the day!
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