Finding Bright
Issue 32 - Prison Jaina Cipriano Issue 32 - Prison Jaina Cipriano

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

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Celdas
Issue 32 - Prison Alma Leiva Issue 32 - Prison Alma Leiva

Celdas

La violencia no es lineal, sino cíclica. In her photographic series, Alma Leiva uses a nomadic process to represent the violence, poverty, and political instability Central Americans face through their home country and experiences of migration

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Plea
Issue 32 - Prison Julie Ann Ward Issue 32 - Prison Julie Ann Ward

Plea

A conversation between cell mates, a lost child, and a pastor. Julie Ann Ward's new short story showcases uncertainty, loss, suspense, and a yearning for the what-could-have-beens

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of luck
Issue 32 - Prison Garreth Chan Issue 32 - Prison Garreth Chan

of luck

To turn back time, to yearn for different circumstances, to fragment a family…how do people change, and can life ever return to the way it was? Garreth Chan takes us on a journey where the body becomes a prison

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Unravel
Issue 32 - Prison Maria Kassab Issue 32 - Prison Maria Kassab

Unravel

Their eyes are their resistance. “Unravel” dwells on the distinction among borders, maps, and identities, creating characters who confront the trauma of cultural and social injustice

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Do You See Me?: Writing a World Without Cages
Issue 32 - Prison Vamika Sinha Issue 32 - Prison Vamika Sinha

Do You See Me?: Writing a World Without Cages

“Stories of incarceration are always stories about race, power, and inequity.” In this piece, editor-in-Chief Vamika Sinha shares an incisive discussion with her former boss, New Yorker journalist Daniel Gross. Thick and difficult like rope, Sinha’s writing raises questions on the ethics and struggles of engaging with prison literature

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