Fiction
Fiction
A Young Woman’s Guide to Self-Deportation
First, you wait. Wait a year, or two, or ten. Or maybe you’ll wait two decades — squeezing through the cracks in eVerify and RealID
The Art of Waiting
1. Start with a name / By the end of this pamphlet, you will be able to practice the art of waiting in three simple steps.
How Do You Make It Work?
I’m writing this much later than I should be, in part, because I’ve just had another birthday, and as I age, I become more reluctant to do more than one job.
To Pasture
The court had decided I was the most logical choice for the bull’s care. I was sufficiently neutral as a production assistant, and I’d already been tasked with managing him at the studio.
DEI, Bitch
Can everyone hear and see me okay? No? Oh, I was on mute, let me just ... There we go.
Babydogs Do Not Work/SERVICE ANIMAL
At the height of the pandemic, I became a new kind of laborer: a student-teacher, a strange, two-faced role.
La-Pa-La
Savannah Bowen’s La-Pa-La tells the story of two young siblings living in Haiti—one of whom must grapple with the mysterious disappearance of the other. As the surreal begins to eclipse the real, a beautiful unraveling takes hold, leaving readers to wonder whether love may be the only certainty in this or any universe.
Emma,
Begin with a name.
Old Friends Let Things Go
In December, Karen and her family left the murky skies of Philadelphia behind and touched down at LAX on a breathtakingly warm and sunny day.
YAO
In the beginning, what was my name?
