Soliloquies
Swiveling between memories in Sharjah, Dubai and Cairo, Noor Tannir’s vulnerable personal essay grapples with themes of anxiety, grief, and family illness
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TW: eating disorder
A formally bold, experimental piece of free verse that explores a relationship with the body that feels often unrequited
Hamlet Tries Prozac
A tender lyric by Tawanda Mulalu reimagines Hamlet and Ophelia’s relationship in an altered world
forget-me-not
A poem on mental health by Jane Ayres.
Sweet Tooth
A photo series that begs for a closer look at life's sweetness – and the cost at which it comes.
van Gogh and Romanticizing the Tortured Artist
Depression is not a prerequisite for creativity. If anything, it stunts it, writes Calum Armitage in this op-ed.
bird by bird
Calling depression a “wolf”, Vamika Sinha reflects on a turbulent adolescence.
lotion
In a rhythmic poem like a lullaby, Vamika Sinha takes a jab at her own rebellious mental health.
sylvia, winter 1962
“She contemplated / death as coolly as the opening / of a lotus...” – a new poem on Sylvia Plath’s undoing
It Comes in Pieces
A coming-of-age prose poem of a young girl becoming woman.