Culture Shock
Culture shock sometimes feels likestaying home—hibernatingthrough the winter of my inadequatelanguage skills, hoping that one daythe onslaught of not belongingis replaced with a longingto unravel…
Author: Julia Marsiglio
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Winter Firefly
Your light, so brightagainst teardrop-shapedsnowflakes floating in the expanse—through space, invadingsecret places in the icy globeof my bleeding heart—still beating hearteven under the gaze of…
I Left the Hospital With a Box Instead of my Baby: Reentry Is a Rebirth
Reentry. It’s something we’ve all thought a lot about in recent months as we navigate our way towards post-pandemic life. We joke about lost social…
Your Flesh from My Flesh
Everything you were was firsta part of me. You seeI carved your flesh from my flesh—all that life turned to hope—turned to death.And I held…