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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.”

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

The Smell of Salt

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

by Serena Alagappan on February 17, 2019February 17, 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

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 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

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

Storyteller

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

by Serena Alagappan on December 2, 2018December 4, 2018

Leon/Levy

Forgiving and living after the Holocaust

by Serena Alagappan on December 11, 2016July 21, 2017

Atlantis

Where our voices meld shrill and sheepish at the same time, holding the bird that twitches, wings folded, eyes tight.

by Serena Alagappan on February 18, 2018February 18, 2018

Witness Theater

Art, trauma, and the Holocaust

by Serena Alagappan on November 13, 2016

A Different Kind of Sound

Sign language stories in Barnes and Nobles.

by Serena Alagappan on October 10, 2016October 15, 2016


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