From Our Contributors: Zoe Ballering On Sand Spits and Life Spans
22.1 contributor Zoe Ballering discusses life spans and storytelling.
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Author: Bess Winter
miCRo: “Eyeglasses and Rocketship” by Chris Haven
A family story that takes us millions of light-years away to get a closer view of home.
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Fiction Special Feature: “Self-Care,” by Brett Hymel Jr.
Only an elite few stories take up residence in your memory as visceral reading experiences. Brett Hymel Jr.’s “Self-Care” is one such story.
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From Our Contributors: Malcolm Friend Shares a Plátano Purchasing Playlist
22.1 contributor Malcolm Friend shares a playlist to fill your earbuds on those lonely trips to the grocery store.
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“Plátano Purchasing Theory” by Malcolm Friend
On the occasion of a Giant Eagle employee double-checking to make sureI rang the right item up at...
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miCRo: “A Village Tries On Her Skin,” by A. A. Balaskovits
In this Shirley Jackson-like fable, A. A. Balaskovits gives us a glimpse into collective cruelty and our age-old fear of, and fascination with, difference.
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miCRo: “The News” by Laurie Blauner
From the very first line of “The News,” we’re plunged into an absurdist reality that we slowly come to realize is just reality as we know it.
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From Our Contributors: Erika Gallion Velasquez Shares a Playlist to Accompany “Paradise is Ours”
Robert and Adele Schiff Award winner Erika Gallion Velasquez shares a playlist to accompany her prize-winning essay.
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Folio: Family Secrets
In this folio to accompany issue 22.1, five writers explore family secrets.
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Video: “Your Inbox Is Too Much With Us—a correspondence,” by Jaye Kranz
Jaye Kranz shares this haunting excerpt of her poem, that takes us on journeys through email exchanges and ASCII landscapes that feel both déjà vu-like and oddly tranquil.
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