It’s in the Blood by Elizabeth de la Portilla

Oct 18, 2021 | Nonfiction

Content warning: death I rest on the plastic cushion. To my right stands the blood bank director, explaining alleles and radiation to me. My husband, Johnny, is at the end of the cot. I can see him just over the tips of my tennis shoes. The second tube of blood is...

A Mother’s Love in the Time of Coronavirus by Kelly Liszt

Apr 5, 2021 | Nonfiction

Content warning: mental illness (depression, postpartum depression) Early in the pandemic, I woke my daughter for school, and the way she stirred reminded me of when she was a baby. Back then, I’d nudge Jessica gently and watch her hands shoot up to stretch her fists...

The Other Night, on a Run, I Saw a Dying by Natalie Beisner

Mar 1, 2021 | Nonfiction

– raccoon and thought of you, how you lay in the hospital bed, breathing so heavy, hooked up to that machine, and the raccoon breathed the same way, so if I closed my eyes I would’ve thought it was human, I would’ve thought it was you, and I didn’t know what to do...

Circling Forwards, Somehow by Sara Collie

Aug 24, 2020 | Nonfiction

It used to be that the land was enough for me. I liked the solidity of the ground beneath my feet. I could walk for hours, run as far as my feet would carry me. It is not enough for me anymore. I would like to take off into the air as I do in dreams, but since I don’t...

The Coronial Rocking Chair by Denise Castro

Jul 20, 2020 | Nonfiction

I am one. I am one of millions of mothers out there trying to understand this COVID-19 pandemic. I want to cry, scream, throw my fists in the air and punch this invisible enemy. I am scared, panicked, even paralyzed by fear. Hearing the news just turns my stomach into...

For Our Love of Memory by Zebib K. A.

Jul 6, 2020 | Nonfiction

Remembering gets easier with practice. Practice by pulling out the yolk of nostalgia, feeling for the overdue residues. The cardboard cut-out birthday cake from kindergarten class, with paper candles, icing, and painted flames. It was a consolation prize for parents...

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