By Mohadesa Najumi I want to share with you my own personal theory entitled “The -1 vs. +1 value.” It is my formula to explain...
Definitions after Keaton St. Micheal BOY /boi/ noun dirt stained palms & tar black feet. the soft prayer-mat of bloody knees...
By Michelle Téllez My terminal contract came to an end in May 2014, after tenure denial at the public university where I had worked as...
By Megan Bryde The future must no longer be determined by the past. I do not deny that the effects of the past are...
The River-son’s Betrayal Ganga, the river goddess, drowned her seven sons as infants. When the Vasus were still unborn she vowed...
By Bahar Orang When I was a little girl, I’d often go on long walks with my parents. They would talk to each other, and...
By Vilna Bashi Treitler I’m a full Professor of Sociology. Some might say I’ve “made it,” especially in a country where (according to data from the...
I am the daughter of a black Baptist preacher. I am also a black feminist scholar of Black Religion and Black Diaspora Studies. So on...
Why I Take My Grandmother to Church Every Sunday She replaced her husband’s limbs with wood: broken from doors in past rooms, branches...
Dowry We gave 125 pavans of gold to weigh you down—a kilo of yellow that gleamed like a tiger’s eye or like...