I am not the rose petal spiral of ripening release, floating down from a dying bouquet. I am not crimson lips wet from licking, or dark blood pumping up against veins that hold in everything. I am not the sweet strawberry, juicy...
So many lessons, so many experiences, and just a few regrets, all like spokes in a wheel, defining me, pointing toward my core. In the center is the brightness, the essence of who I am. Maybe. But no, that’s not it at all. Let...
If this were a normal day, Jennifer would be home cooking dinner for Mike, but it wasn’t. She hadn’t been to the Book Binge since it was bought out by a national chain. She walked by three times before pulling the dirty glass...
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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