A Literary Reflection by Rosemary Starace As an adopted person myself, hopeful and concerned about how adoption is viewed…
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In “The Mother Artist,” Author Catherine Ricketts Imagines A World Shaped By Care Review by Kate Lewis The central…
A Literary Reflection by Wendy BooydeGraaff on Kiss the Ground, a Netflix Documentary and Soil: The Story of A Black…
Review by Jessica Manack The Japanese practice of kintsugi has been much-referenced over the last years. Referring to a…
Interview by Diane Gottlieb Sending a child off to college or out on her own is an important life…
Cristi Ackerman Wells My Mother “I was adopted when I was two weeks old.” So goes the beginning…
Starr Davis Strange Fruits My grandma keeps a bowl of oranges on her counter. Petite, luscious mandarins. They always…
Sally Quon Bad Mom I should have left the night I told him I was pregnant, when he beat…
Susanna Rich Knock on Wood, Grandmother Mumchy taught me, if anyone says anything good. And not just any wood. …
As I braid one of my daughter’s hair and the other waits her turn, I tell them what I am…