Zoe Jane Patterson 10/18/22 Zoe Jane Patterson 10/18/22

Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers, Black Fathers, and White Women

EIC Zoe Patterson weaves together an analysis of Kendrick Lamar's new album with grief over her relationship with an absent parent

Sondra R. Brooks 10/17/22 Sondra R. Brooks 10/17/22

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An excerpt from Sondra R. Brooks’ unpublished memoir, this personal essay paints a childhood haunted by the damaging spectre of hypermasculine, alpha father figures

Mariam AlZayani 9/13/21 Mariam AlZayani 9/13/21

Childhood, revisited

In this visual art series, Mariam AlZayani attempts to “clone” herself in an attempt to interrogate and manipulate her childhood and memory via creativity

Nada Al Mosa 12/7/20 Nada Al Mosa 12/7/20

Documenting Sanctuary #1

Time slows down in a garden in Sharjah where plants, cats, and childhood games provide the care of a sanctuary. A poem by Nada Al Mosa

Amal Al Shamsi 12/7/20 Amal Al Shamsi 12/7/20

Two Poems

Burst open a blister and peer into a child’s mind in these two spirited poems by Amal Al Shamsi

Hamza El Baciri 12/7/20 Hamza El Baciri 12/7/20

Moroccan Mint Flavored

Discover care as it springs out of childhood, memory, and culture in these digital images created from the artist’s collection of vintage photos

Jaina Cipriano 10/5/20 Jaina Cipriano 10/5/20

Finding Bright

Are you really where you hoped you’d be? “Finding Bright” is a haunting series of how complex trauma becomes an ankle weight as the artist Jaina Cipriano transitions from childhood to adulthood

Garreth Chan 9/7/20 Garreth Chan 9/7/20

hypothetically eight

This nostalgic poem paints an image of a mother laying her child to rest in more ways than one

Zoe Jane Patterson 9/7/20 Zoe Jane Patterson 9/7/20

Samir’s Story

An unnerving short story about two boys whose lives are transformed by the presence of djinn

Aisha Al Ali 9/7/20 Aisha Al Ali 9/7/20

من يعرف كيف يكون،2019

In this photo series, Aisha Al-Ali memorializes moments spent with her cousins and siblings in Ajman, UAE

Garreth Chan 9/7/20 Garreth Chan 9/7/20

Sorry I Have to Reschedule, I’m Preparing My Son’s Funeral

“Sorry I Have to Reschedule” explores a foggy soundscape of remembrance as the artist muses upon the premature death of childhood

Amal Al Shamsi 9/7/20 Amal Al Shamsi 9/7/20

Melon Cola

A poem bursting with surreal images of dolphins, swimming pools, and children “braiding each other’s eyelashes”

Manya Sinha 9/7/20 Manya Sinha 9/7/20

Party For One: A Recipe for the Fragility of Adolescence

Antithetical to our usual conceptions of birthday parties, Manya Sinha's photography explores and uncovers the anxiety of getting older. The artist is "cooked" as childhood slips away