At first, there was only the Sun. Shining brightly, he illuminated powerfully in space. Sun knew he was a burning ball of gas…too hot to ever be touched. He constantly moved in a circle. Steady, slow, and consistent,…
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I grew up in the heart of the Midwest during the 1970s, the era of peace, love, Vietnam War protests and what others claimed to be the end of the Civil Rights Era. My mama and I stayed with my…
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“They’re making fun of my Arabic,” whispers my cousin as he squeezes next to me. I roll my eyes, unwilling to move over. My…
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“Curse this damned place. I don’t want anything to do with here.” Holson, my best childhood friend, slammed the door and headed off on…
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The summer Aneka’s leg is broken, her big sister Rima has a sleepover with all of her lacrosse friends. Aneka helps her set up…
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For seven days straight, I’d dreamed of snapping green beans at my Nana’s feet, on the floor in the dining room, up against the wall with a metal…
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My favorite book as a child was The People Could Fly. I stared with fascination at the illustrations of people with backs as straight as ironing boards, feet…
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Ukwangala kwachila ulupwa. Friendship surpasses family. Bemba proverb My sister came to me a few months after I turned two, right in time for my memories to crystallise.…
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They were floating, flying in tandem, punctuated by the last of the year’s sunlight, perfectly together. Nothing could separate them. The voices of children, the…
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When Sunduq was four she got stuck in the hope chest in her grandmother’s bedroom. Her family looked for her for hours, eventually calling the…
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Let me start by giving my parents the grace they deserve. My mother was only sixteen when she had me, and the only thing I…
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I stood at that door knowing the second I knocked on it I’d be a murderer. I had just limped two miles up the bayou…
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Today is our long day. We need to drive nearly 200 miles to cross state lines. Mom and I take shifts, plying the other with…
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