Jun 15, 2020 | Nonfiction
Content warning: body shaming It was time to get naked and face the ugliest parts of myself. The water roared and the trees glowed, taking on a life of their own in the Costa Rican jungle. Howler monkeys surrounded us high in the treetops and birds sang. Every sound,...
Apr 20, 2020 | Nonfiction
The last memory I have of Cuba was from the back of a car, seeing my grandmother fade away. Had I known then what I know now, I would have held her a little tighter for a little longer. I would have begged her to come with us. Taken away from us too soon, my...
Feb 10, 2020 | Nonfiction
When I was a child, and the weather prevented me careering up and down the street on my roller-skates, I spent hours in my bedroom, creating tiny books out of scrap paper held together with split pins. These were schoolbooks for my bears Big Ted and Little Ted, and...
Sep 16, 2019 | Nonfiction
Content warning: sexual assault The night I was date raped, a little voice whispered as I dressed for the outing, Take your new glasses, in case you see Tim. I tucked the bronze wire frames in my denim jacket, then bounced. It was October 1998. I didn’t have a...
