Spectacular Faults
TW: physical and sexual abuse
An excerpt from Sondra R. Brooks’ unpublished memoir, this personal essay paints a childhood haunted by the damaging spectre of hypermasculine, alpha father figures
Even in Saltwater
Andrea Eaker’s short story traces a relationship realizing it has no roots
To Mr. Suri, With Love
A gentle letter for a violent story. Megha Nayar’s new fiction piece sifts through the debris of an abusive marriage
Psychics
A personal essay on astrology, alcohol, and a dark family history by Sophie Ewh
From Paris with Love
Arinola Lawal returns to a dysfunctional childhood.
the pyrenées
Samantha Neugebauer retells the story of Greek mythology’s Pyrene, and her tragic fate, in this darkly feminist poem.
You Grew Up
Seeing your family in a new light, and all the cracks you were too young to see before.
sylvia, winter 1962
“She contemplated / death as coolly as the opening / of a lotus...” – a new poem on Sylvia Plath’s undoing
Ragdoll girl
A girl fresh from heartbreak, dreams of emotional independence, of freedom for the yearning to love and be loved.
Miss Havisham
An acidic, surreal poem on feminine rage.
Gas-and-Light
A vibrant, raging poem about the phenomenon of gaslighting.