Unseen Daughters death by a million cuts, the words of mothers, bleeding daughters. hearts that are never pure enough, bodies that are...

First stage: Exposure The blue fascinated me.  The only time I’d seen them was on television or magazine covers, a tall, blond, and blue...

Abstract Genetically modified mosquitoes (GMMs) represent a promising innovation to combat vector-borne diseases (VBDs) like malaria and...

A Gamble Called New Life Since childhood, there was a home so dear, Where love was certain, and none to fear. A place where whims were...

Some girls are born with a voice that roars, and some are born with a voice that whispers. She was the latter. The kind of girl who...

88 percent of the human population believe vision to be the most important sense. But what about those who lack most of their vision? How...

A Little Help I’m all grown, now flying free. No parents. soaring with the breeze, my wings are strong. Feathers flurried with hope, I...

SE Decision Street Cover your body in rags made from ripped-up, torn, unwanted thrifted dresses and cover your face in glitter taken from...

Questions for the Grave  What do I know of death?  do you feel it  saturated in the dribble on your chin,  caressing your lungs after...

Fieriest Killer of the Big Kisser The lady with inky piebald frock always gazes at me fervently when I lie on the grass when I wear my...

I am driving, in my hometown of Salt Lake City, up Emigration canyon. It is dry in the valley and the road is lined with tall yellow...

No matter how far Rene drove the mountains did not seem to come any closer. They did not move further back either; it looked like they...

The struggle of one who tries to keep up what's “in style,” often mirrors that of Sisyphus. Just when the boulder makes its way up the...

A fracture doesn’t always roar. Sometimes it hums beneath the surface, disguised as a slow unraveling. And, in the quiet corridors of...

The last thing we all want on a nice summer day is soggy paper in our drink, but going to the beach and stepping on a crinkly, stinky...

exhale the water My mind is full of sand. I walk home at dusk and it is like the sun is singing the ancient song of my name. I’m quite...

You told me to trust you.  You promised me.  Māmā and Dad were arguing outside, their sounds muffled as you closed the bedroom door. We...

Sleeping Among the Flowers I laid down in the field and the flowers held me between their petals. Their bodies open, soft with a fragrant...

A Loss Sitting in the hallway as I cried is where I first learned to quiet myself I was told that there was no worry That I was being...

An Ode to Beautiful Feelings is about sister duo Gabi and Giada and their overwhelmingly positive experience going to see the Barbie...