Fiction

Bean Burritos: to Eat, to Save 

Bean Burritos: to Eat, to Save 

Associate Editor Blessing Christopher: Dustin M. Hoffman’s story straddles multiple timelines and seamlessly connects the past to the present. The piece highlights how the silent things we inherit can course through our blood unnoticed, to emerge in unexpected ways much later. Listen to Dustin M. Hoffman read the piece: Bean Burritos: to Eat, to Save …

The Broken Leaf

The Broken Leaf

Assistant Editor Leila Chatti: As the weather begins to cool into autumn (and, if we can imagine it, eventually winter), this quiet, attentive piece felt like an appropriate choice for the more ruminative season. “The Broken Leaf” is like a snow globe in which a miniature world stands in for something larger. In this story, …

Witness

Witness

Associate Editor Blessing Christopher: Tender and fluid, Koeplin’s miCRo explores faith and belief, transitioning smoothly from intangible concepts to a more corporeal investigation. Listen to Sydney Koeplin read “Witness”: Witness After dinner, you sneak under the hem of my shirt and lie with your head on my chest, the shell of your ear over my …

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