Personalities / Poetry / Travel and Exploration

A suite of poems exploring aspects of mercy.

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Poetry

A poem responding to the congressional hearings of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh.

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Food / Poetry

A poem planted in a summer recipe.

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Humor / List Poem / Poetry

A playful list poem imagining phobias.

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Food / Poetry

A poem of apathy and delight.

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Creative Nonfiction / Family / Food / The Beloved Dead

A creative nonfiction piece that traces time and family along the edge of a knife.

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Poetry

An existencial ode to the work of termites.

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Fiction

A short story about a white police officer the night after shooting a black teenager. The challenge that led to this story was “write empathetically about a character who you fundimentally disagree with.”

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