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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.”

by Serena Alagappan on October 8, 2017October 8, 2017

Telescoping Morning

“In the succeeding entries, we telescope our mornings by recounting and recasting. Each succeeding morning of a series is composed in exactly half the number of words of the previous. Diminish with us below.”

by Alex Jacobson, Ananya Malhotra, Carolyn Kelly, Christopher Villani, David Exumé, Katie Duggan, Miriam Friedman, Serena Alagappan, Tara Shirazi, Tess Solomon, Tianyi Wang on October 22, 2017October 22, 2017

Only Noise

“Small items, their lightness measured by just how many/you can lose and not notice. Imagine if we tucked/all the stinging things to our chests and rocked them quiet.”

by Serena Alagappan on November 11, 2018December 11, 2018

The Smell of Salt

“We rolled the shoes / over like small, still bodies.”

by Serena Alagappan on February 17, 2019February 17, 2019

The Skeleton in the Sea

“A part of this planet for 500,000 years, the Great Barrier Reef bears both the wisdom and ache of old age.”

by Serena Alagappan on October 13, 2019October 12, 2019

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

by Serena Alagappan on July 31, 2018July 30, 2018

Witness Theater

Art, trauma, and the Holocaust

by Serena Alagappan on November 13, 2016

Nostalgia Architects

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

by Serena Alagappan on December 8, 2019December 8, 2019

A Prayer in Passing

“‘Would you like a prayer?'”

by Serena Alagappan, Tom Hoopes on May 8, 2017March 6, 2018

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.”

by Serena Alagappan on April 16, 2017April 22, 2017

Tending

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

by Serena Alagappan on July 31, 2019July 31, 2019

Our Fatal Flaws

“It was like my whole world filtered through a telescope when I knew you, all I needed was to look your way to think, yes, everything else is far and unimportant.”

by Serena Alagappan on July 23, 2017July 28, 2017


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