Your Baby's Ugly
Essay by Joan Frank
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A World Without Bosses
Animations by Josep Serra and Xavier Hernández
View all Inspirational piecesI decided to change my way of life by doing what I really like to do—illustrations.
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When Do Teachers Do Too Much?
Theme Essay by Ioanna Pettas Opidee
View all Craft piecesIt’s a cautionary tale, but also a recognition of what it feels like to fall in love with teaching.
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Are Thoughts Things?
Theme Essay by Cynthia Rosi
View all StoriesBecause our religion always marked us as oddities—the people who didn’t believe in doctors—my mother cringed at anything she thought was not socially normal.
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The Muse of Bad Poems
Poetry by Paula Bonnell
View all PoetryShe says, “Just hum me a few bars” — as though you were the one in charge of this gig.
from adoption to writerly sins...
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Poetry by Khalil Elayan
View all Hot TopicsWood smoke is pervasive and copies my paved serpent, creating barriers among brothers.
