Byline: Serena Alagappan

The Smell of Salt

“We rolled the shoes / over like small, still bodies.”

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The Tat Cat

The tattoo artist on the corner of Davies Street says “Please.” “Please let me write something on your body.” After a while, the needle doesn’t even hurt, he promises, your skin just sort of goes numb. I look up at … Read More

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A Different Kind of Sound

Sign language stories in Barnes and Nobles.

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30 Minutes

She said she wanted to be 30 minutes from a mountain, 30 minutes from a city, and 30 minutes from a sea.

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Nostalgia Architects

“With too much text to see or read, / I imagine the storm of a thousand paper cranes.”

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The Skeleton in the Sea

“A part of this planet for 500,000 years, the Great Barrier Reef bears both the wisdom and ache of old age.”

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Atlantis

Where our voices meld shrill and sheepish at the same time, holding the bird that twitches, wings folded, eyes tight.

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A Prayer in Passing

“‘Would you like a prayer?'”

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With Precious Memories of Howard Friedman

A eulogy to an artist, a father, a husband and a man whose memories live on with his family.

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Leon/Levy

Forgiving and living after the Holocaust

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Storyteller

“He had built a life before, and watched it fall apart.”

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Only Noise

“Small items, their lightness measured by just how many/you can lose and not notice. Imagine if we tucked/all the stinging things to our chests and rocked them quiet.”

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