As 45 spreads his orange dust of terror in the age of “alternative facts,” we need to arm ourselves with the one thing no one can take from us—knowledge. It is important that we take action in our own communities (e.g. canvassing, marching, donating) but we also need to make ourselves aware of struggles besides our own. We hope that …
by Alexander Albatross Petras It is two in the early, early morning in Alytus, Lithuania. My exceptional, unconventional toy-crafting business (and consequently my residence) is where one would look for me during these rayless hours. Not that anyone has ever set foot to the cobblestone or the circuitous steps that lead to my chamber above the shop. At least not …
by Sarah Buchanan 2026 The vending machine stops. I stare at the chrome cylinder, frozen in space. I think about giving up. The biology vending machine never did this to me. My reflection stares back at me through the glass, waiting. I have to get the story out of the cylinder or else I can’t show up to class, and …
by Elizabeth Kaye Cook New America’s Next Top Model, Cycle 200: Gog & Magog, Servants of the Destroyer! The Official NANTM Casting Team has begun its search for Cycle 200: Gog & Magog, Servants of the Destroyer! We are casting women, men, and human-identifying embodied consciousnesses1. NANTM wants the whole package: striking face, immaculate sacrificial body, and ruthless passion! Winners …
by Brenna Sherrill Confession: I don’t really know who I am without books. Reading has been one of my most definitive and formative hobbies since I became the first kid in my kindergarten class to develop the skill. Now, as a grad student studying literature, reading is both my job and my escape. It wasn’t really until my eighth birthday, …
by Kylee Hoelscher No Filter Applied Connie walked into Theater Three with a tub of popcorn and a Diet Tab. There were plenty of seats to choose from at today’s matinee. It was 11 a.m. and most people were still at church, which is why Connie chose to see movies on Sundays. This particular movie had come out on Friday, …
by Chase Eversole It goes a little something like this: It was when you’d still managed to get out of bed and walk the two miles to work at Applebee’s on days when I had class and Cait said she was at work or over at a friend’s place or at church. She skipped church a lot when we …
by Carla Wilson Sleeping under a bridge seemed perfectly normal at the time. It was a refuge against a life I was unwilling to live. I didn’t know where I would land but I knew I would be happier. I had my bible, twenty bucks, and a picture of Steve Perry to keep me company. It was freezing that night. …
by Toni Pecchia Leon’s first language was Cat. He picked it up before English or the little snippets of Italian we learned at family gatherings. This would, if anyone believed in a human child’s ability to speak Cat, make him trilingual by the age of five. I saw the poster, or maybe it was a greeting card, in the convenience …
by Jessica LeAnne Jones Let’s face it: so far, my book reviews have been white. Like, really white. With the exception of Purple Hibuscus, I’ve written about only white women authors. As someone who fully supports intersectionalism, this skewed ratio disturbs me. Enter Tayari Jones. I had to find her novels by browsing the racially segregated section of my library. …
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