Issue 13 / Spring 2018 So, I’ll just go straight into it. First question:?What, to you, does it mean to be African? Well, to borrow from Ryan Coogler, I’ll say it is a thread—weft or warp—running through & across the Earth, this fabric we know by no other...
Issue 13 / Spring 2018 Ella veers and ducks to avoid the thorns but it’s no use: her arms and legs are full of pricks and she is bleeding in at least two spots. The helmet slides down over her left eye, then right, depending on the direction she swerves, but if...
Issue 13 / Spring 2018 He’s here on the pretension of installing your dryer. You invited him over after your date, though all you needed was the right-sized wrench to unscrew the rusty bolts on the back. He offers to finish installing your appliance, and you...
Issue 13 / Spring 2018 Months after the accident, her father—my brother Stephen—told me this: “I’m at the bottom of a crater, and I have to explore it. My face is so close to the rock, I’ve managed only to explore about one square inch so far. It’s humongous,...
Editing Is Supposed to Be Fun and Other Wisdom from a Working Writer By Monica Prince Writer and professor Deborah McCutchen’s manuscript, The Whale Road, was selected as one of the top ten finalists for the 2017 SFWP Literary Awards Program, a creative nonfiction...
