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Kathryn Levy: Three Poems

Whatever you searched for
will never be found. Whatever
memories hidden in the
chest in the attic mustn’t be taken
out anymore.

December 11, 2024 · 16 Comments

Barbara Hamby: Ode to Red and Speedy

Who can remember all the selves stuffed into the miraculous
sack of skin?

November 8, 2024 · 15 Comments

David Kirby: Whatever Happened to Bobby Dunbar?

26 people
were killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre,
among them a first grader whose father was later
confronted by a man who said it was all a hoax

October 1, 2024 · 7 Comments

Video: Thordis Elva & Tom Stranger | Our story of rape and reconciliation

In this extraordinary talk, Elva and Stranger move through a years-long chronology of shame and silence, and invite us to discuss the omnipresent global issue of sexual violence in a new, honest way. 

May 4, 2024 · 1 Comment

Mike Vargo: Is There a Real Me?

Believing in a real self would be easier if the self were not so inconsistent.

February 29, 2024 · 5 Comments

Robert Gibb: Two Poems

Snow leopard, dolphin,
Whistling swan—each invoked totem
Another dead giveaway.

January 31, 2024 · 4 Comments

Michael Luong: Art and Identity on the Spectrum

In observance of Autism Acceptance Month, we asked four illustrators on the autism spectrum to create a self-portrait of themselves. We asked one simple question: As a creative on the autism spectrum, what’s something you would like others to know? 

April 28, 2022 · 1 Comment

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