Our Bodies Were Never Our Own

by Joy Von Steiger

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This piece is part of our Winter 2022 print issue, available for purchase here.

Joy Von Steiger

Joy Von Steiger is a clinical psychologist, writer, restorative justice practitioner and a sexual assault survivor. Joy writes about social justice, violence and recovery, and mental health. Joy lives in Cambridge with her son and dog, Lily.

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This Shining Night

by Thomas Larson

In January 1971, I was living in Columbia, Missouri, where for two years I’d been an undergraduate English major at the University.[i] A surprise to literate me, I’d become pencil-sucking bored with my classes, especially the non-electives “Restoration Drama” and “Chaucer.”

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Contingent

by Grace Talusan

This piece is part of our Winter 2023 print issue, available for purchase here.

Winter 2023 Print Issue

Borne Back Ceaselessly

by Penny Guisinger

“Then I was drunk for many years; and then I died.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald, On Booze When I pulled F. Scott Fitzgerald from my bag, things were often stuck to his head. A quarter. Paper clip. Tin of curiously strong mints. It’s the magnet beneath the sienna fuzz of his hair that did

Spring 2019

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