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...
Catering is like the mafia in that it’s difficult to escape. It feels like you’re in it for life and that if you leave, worse things will follow. One gets used to working nights and having the days for all sorts of self-care,...
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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