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To Speak of Secret Futures. Top Story - July 2024.
Our coffees cool between us on the breakfast counter. You stare at the curls of steam so you don't have to look at me. That's always been your tell. Usually your gaze speaks volumes, so when you refuse to meet my eye, that means you have a secret you don't want to say.
By Addison Alder2 years ago in Humans
I First Saw Him. Top Story - July 2024.
When I first saw him sitting on the wall, relaxed and looking out over the water, I was sure he wasn't a local. Not including children, there are only about 250 or 300 of us in this area full-time, though that number is ten-fold in the summer, and I know everyone at least by sight or by family resemblance. And yet, the way he sat looked familiar and started my mind sorting and discarding among the families I knew, not quite like this one, not quite like that one.
By Natalie Wilkinson2 years ago in Fiction
I'm Not a Strong Black Woman, I'm Weak. Top Story - July 2024.
The word “weak” and “black woman” don’t go together, in the eyes of the masses anyway. It’s paradoxical, an oxymoron, almost criminal. As black women we are supposed to stand strong, right fists up, battling through the trenches and stepping up victorious without shedding a tear. Cook, clean, raise kids, fight racism, work, study, and keep our edges in check, make sure our black don’t crack, and stay looking 22 forever because that melanin is so strong. We are tired!
By Edina Jackson-Yussif --personal growth 2 years ago in Confessions
The Path to The White House Is Paved With Memoirs. Top Story - July 2024.
Love them or hate them, it’s an irrefutable fact that the Republican Party is led by a duo of best-selling Memoir Writers. The Art of the Deal and Hillbilly Elegy played a large part in Donald Trump and JD Vance’s rise to prominence as national figures.
By Scott Christenson🌴2 years ago in Writers
When Contradicting Images Reveal More Than Logic. Top Story - July 2024.
I have a history of analyzing the utterly brilliant and soul-touching poetry of Mesh Toraskar. It seems I’m unable to read his poetry and move on with my life, as each line, each half-line, each word is so rich with imagery, references, concepts, et cetera, that it requires taking slow, quiet time to fully appreciate it all. He took quite a long break at the beginning of the year before returning in April with the stunner, “fresh terror to love.” He has published two more pieces since then, one poem and one Feast narrative, both of which I highly recommend. You’ll quickly deduce that I will recommend everything this man has written. Anyway, I promised to come back when words were no longer failing me and I did not. A lot has happened to me and it simply has not stopped, yet this is no excuse for being mute to the following beauty.
By Mackenzie Davis2 years ago in Writers
Fighting the tides. Top Story - July 2024.
My left leg eagerly bounces up and down. My heart races, and the sweats come in. I'm not waiting; I'm ready and loaded. Every morning, I wake up in the same state. Every day is taken with the same level of eagerness, mixed with a bit of anxiety, a dash of authoritarianism and a colossal ton of impatience.
By Aathavi Thanges2 years ago in Psyche
glimmers from a tired girl . Top Story - July 2024.
My alarm is going off, again. I have been mindlessly pressing the snooze button for thirty? Forty-five? minutes now. Finally, I rub my eyes and pick up my phone, opening the alarm app and turning off the row of alarms in increments of five minutes. It was a good idea the night before.
By Alys Revna2 years ago in Humans
The 27 Club. Top Story - July 2024.
The 27 Club: Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Robert Johnson. This is just to name a few. I won’t give any credence to the notion that the number or age of 27 really has anything but mythological significance; but the way that so many great artists die so tragically does have a significance which I wish to explore here.
By C. Rommial Butler2 years ago in Humans
