From “The Death of Vivek Oji” by Akwaeke Emezi

I was born and I died. I will come back. Somewhere, you see, in the river of time, I am already alive.

From We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies (2)

Has this always been our family’s fate? To begin together in a few years of happiness only to break into so many shards? Reaching out my hand in the dark again, I hold my sister’s wrist. This wrist– this small

From “We Measure the World with Our Bodies” by Tsering Yangzom Lama

This is my sister’s nature. But I want to tell her: In the next life, yes, we can both go wherever we please. In the next life, we will be free and safe and happy. We will grow under our

The best thing I read on the internet – 07/28/22

To my family, strive to be in community, so that when this day comes, you will not feel like you have been undone.