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Issue 11: Actionable Storytelling
The Scent of Oud
Malaka Gharib
Featured Artwork
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Nonfiction
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Prose
I detected — above the waft of Auntie Anne’s pretzels and the affront of vanilla and eucalyptus from Bath and Body Works — the warm, musky scent of oud.
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Foreign Domestic
Rashaan Alexis Meneses
Nonfiction
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Prose
We live where the fog used to gather every morning, curtaining the streets and freeways in a misty haze.
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Miseducated: Encounters with Blackness and Whiteness
Anne Liu Kellor
Nonfiction
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Prose
When the Ferguson shooting and protests erupt in 2014, I am stuck in my own cocoon, mourning recent betrayals in my marriage.
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Epiphanies
Katrina Otuonye
Nonfiction
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Prose
Before my jaw surgery, I got used to doctors holding my face in their hands.
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The Eye in his Head
Karolina Zapal
Nonfiction
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Prose
In a tiny village in Southern Poland named “Mała,” a Catholic priest sexually abused dozens of underage girls
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Holding Patterns
Kofi Daniel Opam
Nonfiction
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Prose
Today I’m too angry to know what to do with myself, so I take a very hot shower and listen to loud music
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Becoming a Bridge Person in Precarious Times
Frances Lee
Nonfiction
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Prose
I’ve been thinking a lot about bridges over the past year.
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“May the Stars Guide You Safely Home” and other poems
Jenny Molberg
Poetry
After I call the cops to ask for a protective order / I read about the girlfriend of a serial killer.
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Suit.co
Naomi Day
Fiction
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Prose
Editor’s Pick
A package sat on the seat next to her, a pleasant block-lettered label naming Landry Kent as the intended recipient.
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The Cure-All • Plan B May Not Work
Hílda Davis
Poetry
Girl is attacked / in a park near home, and / before running, is called / crazy bitch.
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Piecemeal
Jack Chelgren
Poetry
Today my friend is late / 9 a.m. a cold spell / I go buy a coffee / from a nice coffee shop
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Cana
Anri Wheeler
Nonfiction
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Prose
The first time I met my now in-laws, devout Catholics, it was Easter weekend. Dave and I had been dating for five months.
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Inheritance
Mariya (Masha) Deykute
Nonfiction
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Prose
The Great Patriotic War came to visit me again today. I was throwing out wild raspberries.
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“Other Names You Have Used Since Birth” • A 14-Year-Old Boy Visiting California
Kaya Arnoux
Poetry
a mouth began / in the south east corner / of the continent where / a tribe of teeth / once shared rice
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Negotiation
Ruby Hansen Murray
Fiction
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Prose
I carry a large box to the post office on Sixth Street making my way up the few stairs.
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