The Day I Became a Mermaid by Italome Ohikhuare 

Jun 25, 2018 | Nonfiction

One muggy Miami afternoon, my parents surprised my brother and me with an early Christmas gift: an exorcism. They’d flown in a pastor from an African Charismatic Church, a church where in addition to screaming in tongues and running on hot coals, they perform...

Fake Asian by Jennifer Dertouzos

Jun 18, 2018 | Nonfiction

In the late ’80s and early ’90s, the shows that featured Asians focused on showing the stereotypical, obedient, Chinese kid playing piano or a Japanese child honing his violin skills. Even though these shows tried to be ‘inclusive’ they made me feel like even more of...

Gonaïves by Nadine Seide Gonzalez

Jun 11, 2018 | Nonfiction

Retired yellow school buses are shipped to Haiti and sold into forced labor. You’ll find them lined up at crowded bus stations, crammed with passengers, four adults to a seat, kids on their laps and baskets stuffed with red feather hens at their feet. Early one...

Sloan Therapy by Allison Langer

Jun 4, 2018 | Nonfiction

I sit staring at Lina, Sloan’s new therapist. “He’s seven and he’s killing me,” I say. I tell Lina, “Sloan was always hungry. He drained both my breasts and screamed for more. He was the master of busting out of a swaddle. At four months, he got a respiratory...

 Law and Order by Michelle Massanet

May 28, 2018 | Nonfiction

Content warning: sexual assault. Olivia Benson was in the middle of consoling a young woman, repeating the phrase often heard on SVU. I was binging after a work-intense few weeks; this time it was the latest season of Law & Order SVU. Somewhere between my pad Thai...

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