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The Gift, Chapter 5

By Mark Elzey

This installment of Mark Elzey’s autobiography brings the reader through an interminable and harrowing string of childhood corrective surgeries for the sake of “normalization”.

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George Borrow Road: A Map of The Gypsies (Via The Basques) in Song and Translation

By Amaia Gabantxo

Phrasal techniques for achieving unity and joy.

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Hollow Threats

By Mary Gustafson

The nightmares forbid forgetting.

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The Gift, Chapter 4

By Mark Elzey

The next installment of Mark Elzey’s autobiographical book revisits a life-changing, perspective-altering trauma.

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This Political Body

By Erin Roux

The trauma of the 2016 Presidential Election awakens dormant demons.

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Love Letter to Virginia Woolf; or How Orlando Taught Me to Embrace My Femininity

By Rachel Veroff

Identification with a literary legend prompts a lucid renewal.

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On Typos and Grammatical Errors: Thoughts on Aurora Levins Morales's 'Kindling: Writings on the Body' (CNF)

By Chris Shorne

The meaning of the text can find itself surprisingly enhanced by the little missteps made along the way.

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Hawaiian on the Inside

By Lehua Parker

Tension between appearance and origin inform a cultural legacy.

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Tiny Dancer

By Nicole Goodwin

Dignified curtsies in dark corners, empowering pirouettes atop threatening structures, liberating heel turns through unfriendly places.

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Sarapiqui

By Hope Lindsay

Mysticism moves mountains as the land trundles over fragile feelings.

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