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

Kaashif Hajee 9/23/21 Kaashif Hajee 9/23/21

The Pandemic Radically Altered My Relationship with India. I Don’t Know If I Can Ever Go Back

A personal essay explores navigating the COVID-19 pandemic in India, the surrounding political turmoil, and their effects on identity and belonging

Maggie Weiler 9/13/21 Maggie Weiler 9/13/21

Hypochondria

A piece of snarky short fiction about a young woman worrying about the feeling in her neck

Hannah Siden 9/13/21 Hannah Siden 9/13/21

My Heart Monitor Yells at Me Whenever I Try to Run Now

Hannah Siden explores the realities of chronic illness through verse

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

Helen Rose Driscoll 9/13/21 Helen Rose Driscoll 9/13/21

Treatment

A short film on outdated scoliosis treatment

JP Seabright 9/13/21 JP Seabright 9/13/21

Therein, A Life in Pieces

JP Seabright’s autofiction lays bare the realities of living with a chronic illness and its impact on the quotidian

Kate Gough 4/20/20 Kate Gough 4/20/20

Meditations in the Room

Kate Gough’s new poem talks about mental health during quarantine.