After the middle-aged woman hands me my three food items, she asks if I want anything else. Being in one of those moods, I answer, “Yes! Can you tell me the meaning of life?” Stone-faced, she responds, “Excuse me… would you...
I know how to cut grass and be quiet. I disdain myself. And that spare all around me. It looks so much bigger than me Except what Sarah gave me on Sugar Beach. So you’re my friends—peaceful people— We’ll get lost on...
After 15 years I’ve come back to paint and eat lunch with Mr. B and his cancer. The house, the neighborhood, locked in time. I know I’ve changed, now looking at thirty. He blinks at me, standing in the doorway in his robe,...
Ethan Shan is a high school student who has been passionate about drawing since he could...
Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have
– James Baldwin
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