The Shutdown Is Over—For Now
By Marianne Gambaro. A poem for the smallest victims of the government shutdown.
Knight of Swords [AUDIO]
By Joseph M. Gerace. For the survivors of those abused by priests.
Law and Order: Thoughts on Separating “Alien Families” [AUDIO]
By Abigail Carl-Klassen. The Trump administration is citing the Bible to legitimize the separation of families at the US-Mexico border.
Call Script for the Reporting of Bad & Erratic Behavior [AUDIO]
By Danielle Mitchell. Whose “bad and erratic behavior” needs to be reported? (And how to report it.)
Moonlit Monostitch [AUDIO]
By Sara Burnett. “Imagine an act of rebellion like storming the bastille with electronic petitions.”
The Green Sea Turtle [AUDIO]
By Neil Creighton. The future may be totally female for green sea turtles.
The Hum [AUDIO]
By Brendan Stermer. This Earth has a noise: it hums, endlessly. Scientists are now discovering why.
The Other Half of the Sky [AUDIO]
By Jill Crainshaw. On archetypes, astronomy, and universal unity, even in a divided America.
And The Devil Laughs [AUDIO]
By Elya Braden. The political and environmental world ablaze, on the anniversary of the Women’s March.
Waste Island [AUDIO]
By Stephen Fournier. “If you’ve ever seen what floats upon the gyre in the Pacific”