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I Looked At A Rapist In The Mirror And Saw Him Smiling Back
Hari Ziyad reflects on the pervasive presence of sexual assault in his life — as victim as well as perpetrator — and wonders why he (and people around him) prefer to ignore these events rather than confront them head on.
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Dear Black Body
“I never expressed this outwardly (or inwardly), but I have been fearful of your destruction my entire life. I also have neglected to tell you how much I love you.” At Black and Wordy, Anthony Conwright says thank you to his body on its 30th birthday.
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It Never Happens the Way We Think It Will Happen
“I imagined the time I would have with her at the end, the people I would call and in what order I would call them, and how fast they would all get there and how we would surround my mother in a giant circle while she passed on.” At Carter Library, Teri Carter writes a powerful piece about the passing of her mother, worrying, and imagining the ways to die.
