Creative Nonfiction

Into that dark permanence of ancient forms by Aileen Hunt

September 9, 2020

I. It’s getting late when we turn into the car park—newly constructed to accommodate the endless tour buses that otherwise clog the country roads. But the late hour has worked to our advantage. The car park is empty; the…

Pearl, Upward by Patricia Smith

August 26, 2020

Chicago. Say it. Push out the three sighs, don’t let such a huge wish languish. Her world, so big she didn’t know its edges, suddenly not enough. She’s heard the dreams out loud, the tales of where money flows,…

Because, the Ferguson Verdict by Ira Sukrungruang

August 12, 2020

Because, in 1978, we were the first Thai family in a working class neighborhood of Chicago, predominantly inhabited by Polish and Irish. Because we found our mailbox off its post every weekend, the aluminum dented in the shape of…

First by Ryan Van Meter

July 29, 2020

Ben and I are sitting side by side in the very back of his mother’s station wagon. We face glowing white headlights of cars following us, our sneakers pressed against the back hatch door. This is our joy—his and…

Girls, Monsters by Jaquira Díaz

July 15, 2020

When we were twelve, we taught ourselves to fly. —John Murillo, from “Renegades of Funk” All of us girls, now women. —T Kira Madden, from “The Feels of Love” That winter, we watched New York Undercover on group phone calls,…

CREATIVE NONFICTION

Into that dark permanence of ancient forms by Aileen Hunt

Pearl, Upward by Patricia Smith

Because, the Ferguson Verdict by Ira Sukrungruang

First by Ryan Van Meter

Girls, Monsters by Jaquira Díaz