“Kamsahamnida” and the Moo Moo Lady
By Shiharu Yamashita
We’ve had this conversation before—about Halsey Middle School, about how I’m not Korean—but really I wonder if she has any relatives and is lonely.
Missing You
By Giovanna Veiga
“I miss you too,” I say to an empty room. But if I reach, out I can feel the scruff lining his jaw, the dip in his chin, the crease at the tip of his nose, all my favorite parts of him.
American Holiday
By Emily Kelleher
How leaving home made me feel the weight of where I came from.
On Graduating During a Pandemic
By Emily Kelleher
The Bradford Pear Tree
By Giovanna Veiga
I run outside barefoot to see the Bradford pear tree that we planted ten years ago lying across the front yard, ripped apart by the wind.
Me Time
By Daisy Leepson
The Science of Words
By Sasha Temerte
Armed with a notebook and diverse passion, I can intertwine the words and numbers inside me with my dreams.
One Phone Call to Isolation
By Bettina Harvey
Mom
By Sara Shaygan
Every time I call, You answer.
An Industry in Turmoil
By Andrew Crane