A couple months ago, I discovered a homework assignment I completed in 4th grade. It’s a handmade stapled booklet called “All About Me from A-Z” and it’s hilarious. I rediscovered so much about my 10-year-old self, like how much I loved candy and how much I hated practicing the piano. I wanted to change my […]

I met Klair on the swing set at Plummer Park. “Hi,” she said. “Hello,” I smiled. “How old are you?” she asked, shuffling her feet against the ground. “27,” I said. She looked at me with exclamation point eyes. “Why are you here?” I told her about the zine convention I was attending and how […]

Last night, I dreamt that I found a lump in my left breast. I was staring at my reflection in the mirror when I noticed that there was something uneven about my breasts. I ran my hand over the left one and found a bump the size of an egg. Strangely, in my dream I […]

i have never been called a tattletale, but if i were, nita’s the kind of tattletale i’d wanna be.

I’m back, teetering between timezones and realities. I woke up this morning, thinking, hoping, it was a decent hour, but no. It was 4am and I was wide awake. I sat up in bed and read my laptop like a book pressed up against my chest. I imagined what my family might be doing in […]