I felt like it was my duty to uncover these stories — in a way I had to move through them, making paintings inspired by them and I even made a short film about this familial excavation with a wonderful group of female collaborators.
ESSAY
To Have (Stuff) and to Hold
Who were we as an adult couple, not just two college kids sleeping on each other’s hand-me-down mattresses?
WIT TEA
I (24F) hate my fiancé Thomas (26M). Am I the Asshole if I leave him?
He refuses to split the pole
ENUMERATE
Dictionary
Purple: The color of longing, of the blood in your veins that your heart is pumping, butterflies and all.
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Q&A with KB Brookins, author of Pretty
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like how A vein of ore will fill a fissure. / like how two plates, pressing, will rise.
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We tend to use the word “bitter” to denote taste, temperature, or feeling. Often, though not always, bitterness carries a negative charge, bringing us into proximity with a mostly undesirable set of feelings or experiences.
The Vanishing
Maybe this is why people are obsessed with twins: they have a sense of loss, something missing, someone missing.
