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Jess Taylor -

I had a hard time falling asleep because I knew I couldn’t possibly be pregnant with his baby. And yet I was four days...

Fawn Parker -

Hank is starfishing, Girls Gone Wild!-style, in bed. The Tenant goes in to wake him up through the warmth and body-stench of the room....

Souvankham Thammavongsa -

The summer I turned eight, my great grandmother showed me her boobs. Mine were just about growing in. I was hoping they weren’t noticeable....

Nicole Boyce -

Amanda Thompson needed a root canal. But first, she needed a cleaning, so Kelly sat alone with her in the office, prodding at her...

Jacob Wren -

I get home and I check the mail. I dread checking it. If there is no mail I feel empty. If there is mail it...

Lynn Crosbie -

When I played Nirvana records, I saw Jesus handing him his voice on a purple velvet pillow. Then...

Nyaboke Nduati -

Once upon a time Mokeira talked about motherhood as though she had a right to it. She sat at the marketplace with other women...

Sam Shelstad -

Ted Cohen (Widower), September 2003 For the...

Meghan Bell -

The day before our plane caught fire, Karen Phillips brought up lesbians in the change room after our sixth and...

Michelle Sterling -

I found my first job in Montreal in the back pages of the English alternative weekly when I saw a telemarketing ad declaring, DEALCLOSERS...