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78 / Experiments in Voice
Uncoventional narrators & shifting perspectives
What is voice? How do you find yours? How can you change it, rearrange it, play with it? And then, how can you use it to make change in the world?
This issue is a celebration of writerly playfulness, exploration, and risk-taking, featuring breathless, epistolary, speculative, second-person, and snarky essays.
Plus, an interview with Hysterical memoirist Elissa Bassist, close reads of work by Steve Coughlin, Jaquira Díaz, Margo Jefferson, and R. Eric Thomas, micro-essays, and more.
INCLUDING ESSAYS BY
Sonya Huber, Beth Kephart, Leath Tonino, Jill Christman & more.
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Battling the Book
The book is no longer a piece of writing; it’s a puzzleThe Sounds of Your Self
“Finding your voice”—or, even better, your voices—on the page is more than a craft challenge; it’s the key to claiming your storyClose Read: Margo Jefferson
We’re sorry; we’re currently unable to make this work available online.I Am Al’s Lymphoma
"You could just call me Cancer, but you’re better off not calling me at all, and hoping that I never call you."Let’s Say
"Let’s say the medical examiner rules the cause of death 'undetermined.' There’s not enough information to say exactly what happened, except that he fell."Close Read: R. Eric Thomas
We’re sorry; we’re currently unable to make this work available online.Striving For Harmony
Using geometrical concepts to strengthen the structure of a workDismantling the Patriarchy by Reclaiming Her Voice
Elissa Bassist reflects on how women’s voices get silenced & reborn, the eleven years it took to write her memoir, and how she wrote like a mother#^@%*&Close Read: Jaquira Díaz
We’re sorry; we’re currently unable to make this work available online.So This Dude
"So this dude I've been working alongside, landscaping and whatnot, he looks a lot like me. Three weeks we've been working together, talking and talking and talking."mama asks, haven’t you been lucky to know gracious men
"He stopped when I asked him to stop & in the morning he apologized & meant it so, really, who could blame him."Silver Spaceships
Driven only by the knife of teenage hunger and the slanted courage to make it happen, you take the dareClose Read: Steve Coughlin
We’re sorry; we’re currently unable to make this work available online.Finding Your Public Voice
Pivotal moments in our lives lead to stories that can change the worldTiny Truths 78
Micro-essays about interior monologues, conversations overheard, and the voices of those no longer with us