Byline: Serena Alagappan

Nostalgia Architects

“With too much text to see or read, / I imagine the storm of a thousand paper cranes.”

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Storyteller

“He had built a life before, and watched it fall apart.”

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A Different Kind of Sound

Sign language stories in Barnes and Nobles.

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Tending

“Or maybe you are stuck staring at the sun, a gap / in the clouds, a yolk poked and spreading in the sky.”

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Stained Glass

We always have so many things to do but time stilled in there, like the quiet between heartbeats.

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Leon/Levy

Forgiving and living after the Holocaust

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The Tat Cat

The tattoo artist on the corner of Davies Street says “Please.” “Please let me write something on your body.” After a while, the needle doesn’t even hurt, he promises, your skin just sort of goes numb. I look up at … Read More

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Witness Theater

Art, trauma, and the Holocaust

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Love According to Gabriel García Márquez

“Love is a breath, and a surprise, and the common space between two solitudes, and two bodies.”

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Monopoly

“I slipped two hotels into my pockets; I slept with some under my pillow that night, and the little silver piece I put in my sock for the day.”

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A Prayer in Passing

“‘Would you like a prayer?'”

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To Talk To Jellyfish

When she was seven, Kaya said, “If I ever grow up and have my own bank account, the first thing I’m gonna buy is a Christmas tree and then Christmas tree ornaments.”

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