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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Nonfiction Special Feature: “Open Secret” by Debra Spark
A complex essay by Debra Spark in which the story told is someone else’s, a woman who learns about her mother’s past
An Interview with Lydi Conklin
Former Assistant Editor Lily Davenport interviews author Lydi Conklin about writing for queer readers, drawing comics, and more.
Visual Poetry Special Feature: “26 Sept 86” by Brenna Womer
Brenna Womer’s powerful visual erasures of her mother’s letters.
Editors’ Dispatch: A Tribute to Martha Silano
“Running into [Martha] in the bookfairs of various AWP conferences over the years was like catching a jolt of open sky amid the general fog of crowds and schmoozing.”
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.
Writers’ Day Jobs: Gabrielle Grace Hogan
Gabrielle Grace Hogan, writer for Autostraddle and a poet.
“The Last Animal to Arrive in the Kingdom” by Gabrielle Grace Hogan
title taken from Tommy Pico’s Nature Poem I walked like a rage into the body of my life, which insisted the end of grief camein the fulfillment of desire, but desire, like loneliness, is a hunger it willcome back I muzzled grief I desired with a desire beyond desireI repeated the word until it grew …
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.
“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 self-checkout Truth: Plátanos are the only produce item I know the PLU code for (4235). Lie: It’s my Caribbean pride. Truth: I just got tired of looking up plantain bananas every time I used self-checkout. Truth: I …