Noor Tannir 7/25/22 Noor Tannir 7/25/22

Soliloquies

Swiveling between memories in Sharjah, Dubai and Cairo, Noor Tannir’s vulnerable personal essay grapples with themes of anxiety, grief, and family illness

John Osborne 10/28/21 John Osborne 10/28/21

Two Poems

‘Looking for the tea bags’ and ‘The milk aisle’ are two poems by John Osborne that navigate care, grief, loss, and love through the ordinary paraphernalia of tea ingredients

Louise Gerodias 9/13/21 Louise Gerodias 9/13/21

I was Eight When They Said Mama was Sick

The latest in our haiku column by Louise Gerodias

Shalini Corea 9/13/21 Shalini Corea 9/13/21

Grandpa

Using playful, even childlike language, this poem is made out of a loved one’s absence – the ‘sickness’ of loss

Joe Sonnenblick 6/25/21 Joe Sonnenblick 6/25/21

Two Poems

In “Complete Terms and Conditions” and “Devilkin”, poet Joe Sonnenblick takes on common existentialist queries, navigating loss, contentment, bereavement and the self

Mel Adún 6/20/21 Mel Adún 6/20/21

two thousand and twenty

Originally in Brazilian Portuguese, with an English translation by Sarah Rebecca Kersley, Black feminist poet Mel Adún reflects on the day-to-day griefs of the pandemic in this haunting lyric

Vongai Mlambo 8/4/20 Vongai Mlambo 8/4/20

Chest Pain

"The diagnosis was Enlarged Heart Syndrome. I failed to understand why they intoned the news like they were reporting a death—I agreed with the diagnosis ..." – new in fiction by Vongai Mlambo.