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By Izabella K. North I was the girl who slipped through the cracks. I wrote pages to cover their tracks – Of grace for my mother, and peace with the pain, Of gratitude that blooms in spite of the rain. …

By Izabella K. North I was the girl who slipped through the cracks. I wrote pages to cover their tracks – Of grace for my mother, and peace with the pain, Of gratitude that blooms in spite of the rain. …

By Bianca Obradovic Move over 2000s love stories—we’re in the twenty-first century now. If you’re still expecting love to conquer all, the wealthy man to learn his lesson and everyone to live happily ever after, then I suggest you reconsider.…

By Abby Hinostroza *Content warning: This article discusses suicide, suicidal thoughts, self-harm, and mental health* September is a time to raise awareness for suicide prevention, with World Suicide Prevention Day taking place on September 10. It is an opportunity to…

By Sylvie Grundy An evocative dissection of a broken mother-daughter bond that explores where we choose to place our value, worth, and the consequences it has. Catching the Light by Joanna Horton follows a mother and daughter as they uproot…

By Sidra Farhang for my Baktash I see him and wonderIf we were born from the same breath of God. If our souls were entwined Woven from the same holy thread. I felt his heartbeat And the universe’s pulse The sound of heaven Cradled within…

By Philip McGann Niko helped with his father’s cannoli cart; a business his father had started after Niko’s mother had died. Niko was studying to become a teacher, but stepped back to part-time, to help his father, and to wheel…

By Holly Simpson I huffed, looking at the somewhat familiar clock on the Italian diner’s wall-half past six. Sounds about right. Thankful for the dim lighting that hid the empty chair opposite mine, I wiped my palms on the crisp…

By Riley Caswell There is something inherently interesting about KATSEYE calling their newest release WILD. Here is a global girl group, assembled through a Netflix reality competition show by two of the biggest global record labels, trained through an intensely…

By Conner Douglas Not for the way you tamed that unforgiving liquid, with its perfume-like aroma digging into those bite marks on your lips. Every sip resulting in a euphoric pain of addiction. Or the way you’d swirl it around, longing at the ice…

By Emira Sadat Every little girl has, at some point, sat on the couch watching Say Yes to the Dress, wondering when it would be her turn. I was one of those girls, and it eventually turned into Pinterest boards…