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Posted inLit Issue 2019

Getting my hair combed

by Helen Mayer Jones August 8, 2019September 15, 2019

sat on the floor with my back leaning against mommy’s knees while she pulled the comb through my hair. Each time she pulled the comb, she pulled my head back towards her. ‘Ouch, it hurts’, I said.  I could tell that she wasn’t listening; I could almost feel her thoughts flying backward over both of […]

Posted inLit Issue 2019

White Vans

by Tina Jenkins Bell August 8, 2019September 15, 2019
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A “Notha” Day

by Sylvia Taylor August 10, 2018
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We Called Her Fire

by Phyllis Roker August 9, 2018
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Grip

by Nile Lansana August 9, 2018
Posted inLit Issue 2018

The Anonymous Crossing Guard

by Cedric Williams August 9, 2018
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German

by Paris Smith August 9, 2018
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Jerrie

by Diane O'Neill August 2, 2017August 2, 2017
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Country Club

by Paris Smith August 2, 2017August 2, 2017
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Dodging . . . and Dodging Some More

by Cedric Williams August 2, 2017August 4, 2017

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