BALKAN SHEEP by Maria Ivkovic Manuccia There are plenty of ways to feel like an outsider; for me it was that I was a Balkan girl growing up among the lily white. Not all white is white-white, which we Eastern Europeans, particularly the Balkans, understand. Growing up, I attended Catholic elementary school in a Chicago suburb. … [Read more…]
FREQUENT FLYERS by Amanda Leduc PLEASE PRESERVE MY TESTICLES FOR THE QUEEN. The nurses get this note from the King of England just before the doctors discharge him to the street. He’s been in and out of the ward for the past two days. “Malingering,” the doctor says. To exaggerate mental or physical symptoms for … [Read more…]
BEDTIME ENCYCLOPEDIA by Tricia Louvar Imagine if we unraveled your brain—hooked a dendrite or axon onto a crochet needle to pull it out of your skull. We could then attach the pathway to a plane’s wing and fly around the globe almost four times without ever having to stop, unless you count the refueling needs, … [Read more…]
THE PARABLE OF THE MADMAN by Cassie Hottenstein Are you not the madman who lit a lantern in the bright morning hours, ran to the market place, and cried incessantly, “Do I dare?” and, “Do I dare?” There will be time, there will be time: We will now discuss in a little more detail the … [Read more…]