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Mother Tree
by Tamara J Madison …while navigating the abyss of bondage, Green gathered his remaining tenderness, offered himself to Cassandra, who agreed and together conjuring freedom with their last breaths, Green and Cassandra begat Lancaster, Lyddie, Paulina, Jennie and Malinda, who submitted to Owen, who “owned” her, did as he pleased, such is the privilege of thralldom; Owen and Malinda begat Mary and Nancy…
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Fresh Air
by Sullivan Summer Sullivan Summer is a Black, domestic, transracial adoptee raised in rural New England by white, adoptive parents. Her writing focuses on themes of race, adoption, identity reclamation, US history, politics, and pop culture. Sullivan is an alumnus of the Brooklyn Poets Mentorship Program, Tin House Summer Workshop, and Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference.…
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Memory House
by Tre Harris I start early because the early worm gets the dirt. The air is stale, like expired Top Ramen, dry and seasoned with golden dust. At dawn, I find myself waking up in front of the house that holds my memories. Memories upon memories. The house is fleshy and pink and filled with…
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Discarded Sermon 5
by Benjamin Bellas Benjamin Bellas currently lives in Miami, Florida. His work is forthcoming or has been featured in Hunger Mountain, Jet Fuel Review, Sinking City, The Nelligan Review, Bellingham Review, The Broadkill Review, Qu Literary Magazine, Fives: A Companion to Denver Quarterly, The Pinch, Cadillac Cicatrix, and Drain magazine, among others.
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Splintered I Wait
by Ashwini Bhasi Artist StatementSplintered I Wait explores the somatic experiences of chronic pain and disability caused by Temporomandibular Joint Disorder (TMD). TMD is a chronic condition with severe pain, inflammation, and arthritic changes in the jaw joints. In many cases, the cartilage disc, located between the skull bone and the jawbone, that is vital…
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Choose
by David Wanczyk David Wanczyk is the author of Beep: Inside the Unseen World of Baseball for the Blind (Swallow Press, 2018). His essays and poems have appeared in Slate, Salon, Boston Globe Magazine, Lake Effect, Pank, JMWW, and elsewhere. He teaches at Ohio University and is the editor of New Ohio Review.
