Table of Contents
Editors' Note i
Foreword Nayomi Munaweera iii
Your Spot on the Wall: Introduction Elmaz Abinader vii
Gra-fe'te poetry Devi S. Laskar 1
Birthday Spells fiction Monique Quintana 3
The Face Reader fiction Bhaskar Caduveti Rao 11
In Public fiction Kirin Khan 19
Poetry Alycia Pirmohamed
Letter to My Body 29
We Have the Endings 31
Twisted Wood 33
My Life is a Tapestry nonfiction Ramy El-Etreby 35
Suicide Jacq fiction Gary Dauphin 41
Nilscape fiction Laura Lucas 59
Winning Prizes for Just Living nonfiction Vickie Vértiz 71
Unburning the Body poetry Natalie Graham 77
Stranded nonfiction Pallavi Dhawan 79
Loop fiction L. Penelope 83
Poetry Tongo Eisen-Martin
Cut A Hand From A Hand 91
May we all refuse to die at the same time 95
Channels to fall asleep to 99
The Girl and the Moth fiction Lin Y. Leong 101
On Writing nonfiction Sarah LaBrie 115
Poetry Cynthia Alessandra Briano
To Maria, Mi Fea, Love, Jesse 121
To Jesse, Love, Maria Guadalupe A. 123
In a Hard Man's Town fiction Tamika Thompson 127
Poetry Kay Ulanday Barrett
While looking at photo albums 143
Rhythm is a Dancer, Again 145
Sister nonfiction Kanika Punwani 147
Contributor Biographies 163
