Poetry
Richard Siken
We’re delighted to feature in this issue on trauma a single poem by the award-winning poet Richard Siken, whose first collection of poems Crush is an obsessive exploration of the subject. “Detail of the Fire” […]
Kimberly Lieu - “Southern California”, “she’s going to bed a little bit hungry again,”: Two Poems on Poverty
she’s going to bed a little bit hungry again, and even though she makes decent money it doesn’t stretch enough for the fresh fruits and vegetables the tv says are good for her and her […]
Zoe Greenberg - “Be Like This Baby” and “Argument”: Two Poems
Be Like This Baby Dignity is won By countless forays into shame That lead you to the place Where you are not yourself And then you are forgiven. Released into the emptiness That hollows out […]
Nancy Marks - Printmarks of Our Family’s Journey
I adopted my daughter T. when she was six years old and I was thirty-eight. Her mother had been a client of mine at an AIDS service organization and, as her death approached, asked me if […]