Hello, there. You don’t know me, Although you know my name I think And can at times Connect it to a face. I’ve struggled to extend to you Regard you have not thought to grant to me But I have failed. I’ve tried to think of all of you as real To imagine that like [...]
Her Time by Anja Leigh
Her house is empty now. Only the tailless tabby, Joy, prowls the staircase. She walks to the corner store, buys one red apple, then exchanges it for green. A gilded mirror frame catches her eye in the window at the antique store the owner flirts with her. She is content not to flirt back but [...]
Interview: Nahid Rachlin
Persian Girls is the memoir of Iranian-American author Nahid Rachlin. Bestowed upon her widowed and childless aunt as a gift at birth, Nahid enjoyed a simple and loving home free from many of the restrictions that pervade a young Iranian girl’s life. But when her father demands Nahid’s return to his home at age nine, [...]
Myth and Transformation
by Jennifer Linton The primary focus of my art practice has been to address gender-related issues and represent the experiences of women. Inspired by the second wave feminists, who coined the phrase ‘the personal is political’, my work reflects my personal experiences filtered through the lens of art history, mythology and popular culture. Many of [...]
In the Name of Joan: An Alter Ego Fights Back
by Cynthia Bellerose In 2002, at the age of 39, I began a year long process of preparing for my grand entrance into midlife, my forties. I called my year long preparation the year of Wrap-Up. It was time to face my sorrows of the past and address my pain and fears; to wrap up [...]
