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Physician Assisted Suicide
by Johanna Kumpula I largely support the legalization of physician assisted suicide; an ethical issue that has been causing widespread problems across the United States. ... Read More »
One Hundred Thousand Chevy Tahoes
By Allen Ginnett If you were to ask me to describe Anchorage, Alaska in one sentence, with no hesitation I would respond, “Imagine a hundred ... Read More »
The Six Year Old Inside of Me
By Allen Ginnett My stomach was rumbling as I tried to pay attention to the teacher. I had not ate all day and I smoked ... Read More »
Raising Rabbits
by Kyle Mayer I guess it started when my dad mowed up a baby rabbit. I was swinging under the apple tree from the wooden ... Read More »
First Day
By Marcel Bergeron 2003 was my final year of high school. It would also be the last time I would attend a formal school for ... Read More »
A Family Tradition
By Fari Sylvester My mother grew up without a lot of family traditions, so she and her four brother and four sisters decided to create ... Read More »
The Summer of the Pitchfork
by Quinn Berry This was the summer before my sophomore year of high school, so about four or five years ago. I was out in ... Read More »
Jesus Lives in My Head
by Allen Ginnett I rap under the alias, “Based Jesus.” I have the spirit of Jesus within me. I have sacrificed a lot to do ... Read More »
Today as an American
By Allen Ginnett I wake up everyday- with intention. Intention to change. I have the freedom to decide who I am. Who is that person? ... Read More »
You Belong to Me, I Believe
by Johanna Kumpula This woman was different. Her eyes were alit with thousands of fires, yet somedays the smoke was all too apparent. The late ... Read More »
After
by Allison O’Leary After it ended, Laura would sit on the bed in her room, eyes closed, fingers gripping, mind quiet, quiet, quiet. Being a ... Read More »
I Miss You
by Johanna Kumpula I grew up missing someone I never knew; a role model turned monster. When I was born, my father started drinking. He ... Read More »
Isabella Becomes a Poet
by Isabella Valdez Anyway, there’s this video circulating of me reciting Ocean Vuong’s “Anaphora as a Coping Mechanism,” and it’s a pretty clean read for ... Read More »
when I was young and unafraid (it was all a game)
by Aurelia Gonzalez The first time I heard “Tell Your Heart Heads Up” by Mutemath, I was in an abandoned cabin, half a mile from ... Read More »
Sparrow
by Allison O’Leary I hope you decide to come home one day. I hope that as the days get colder, your tiny house stays warm. ... Read More »
That Time I Almost Killed My Friend and That Other Time He Maimed Me; or, Childhood Memories Are Overrated
by Sarah Cooley I have a difficult time recalling my childhood memories. Not to say that I have amnesia, but most everything from during the first several years of ... Read More »
“You’re the only friend I’d pretend to be gay for.”
by a Friendly Neighborhood Queer ~~~~~~ “You’re the only friend I’d pretend to be gay for.” The way you say these words is friendly, you’re joking, ... Read More »
Your hands vs Mine
by Oceana Gamel-Howes Hands. They all serve the same function, they all have the same basic shape. Some are old, some are rough, some are ... Read More »
Trial and Error
by Roman Dial Trial and error Failure and terror The truth of the matter at hand. Death in a whisper Is so much to weather ... Read More »
Emotion of Music
By Paige Flack Once upon a time, a little girl with wild blonde hair looked over the bluffs on the coast of Cook Inlet The ... Read More »
Last Train to Cragganock
By Allison O’Leary She waits for him every evening and his soft words mix with the smoky dusk and the music of the street buskers. ... Read More »
Missing the Hype Train: My Thoughts on Season One of Stranger Things
by Aurelia Gonzalez I would like to start by saying that I almost never get the ride the hype train when it comes to ... Read More »
Is Bruce Springsteen Cool?
by Allison O’Leary There are a number of reasons why I would say Bruce Springsteen is cool. For one, Springsteen himself is a very cool ... Read More »
Panda Fable
by Sarah Cooley One fine day, a young girl went skipping through the woods. This girl had an adoration for all wildlife, but her mother ... Read More »
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Born to Run
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