Essays
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Bare
By Cheryl Boyer Naked except for a paper-thin gown, I sit in a room like so many others that have stripped me of my identity. Cold. Sterile. White walls. White …
Reviews
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The Recovering: A Chorus of Support in the Battle Against Addiction
My father quit drinking in 2013 when he was sent home from his fire station, still intoxicated from the night prior. The department offered him a choice: enter a probation …
Interviews
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Brujería and Healing: An Interview with Lorraine M. of Bruja Heights
Brujería has been appearing more and more in trending hashtags, online articles, and Instagram posts. In Spanish, it means witchcraft, but that may or may not be how many are …
Art
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Four Paintings by Fiona Hsu
This series is called Garden of Wounds. Artist’s statement: In my paintings of my “Garden of Wounds” series, I illustrate the steep emotional and physical fall of the victims battling …
Poetry
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For the Doctors Who Don’t Know How To Find Your Body From Here
By Rob Cook Each brick of the hospital attacks each brick next to it. The fighting itself casts a shadethat lengthens over the parking lot,the incurable, pampered vehicles. The sky, …
