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Hill I live on a hill. A very steep hill. On the east bench, above campus, overlooking the neighborhood in...
Ghazal with Fruit & Absence
There are some fruits that never show up in poems. You see apples, pomegranates, & figs in poems. The forbidden...
The “Favors” We Never Asked For
I was sixteen the first time I read a book with a character with a disability like mine. Not even...
So To Speak on Immigration
Litany for the Displaced
“What does it mean to be like a rhizome? It means to be without roots, a deserted plant drifting in...
Dreamers I
The streets of Oklahoma were pitch-dark, I thought the power was gone. How come these gringos don’t use light poles?...
This is what war does—
This is what war does— to women— makes them warriors— cuts their breasts stops the gushing of their wombs— changes...
Me Too
The #MeToo Movement and the Future
When the #MeToo movement achieved mainstream visibility and global reach last year, the entire team of So to Speak wanted to...
#MeToo. Now What? | Jenny Fan Raj
How might we turn a hashtag into lasting social change? The revelations keep coming, descriptions of sexual harassment and...
FAULT(S) | Sam Deges
I still remember my lessons. I don’t have enough earthquake to break apart these fault lies, shake off the charm...