CONTENTS
Note from Anthology Co-Chair, ROSALIND BLACK
Introduction by SAMHITA MUKHOPADHYAY
POETRY ABRAHAM, JISELLE White and Blue / Outta Luck
MEMOIR ADOTE, CRYSTAL Dela’s Dream
FICTION AGUILAR-COLON, SOLEDAD Who Is Ozzie?
MEMOIR AKILOVA, NAZERKE A Gift from My Mom
FICTION ANDERST, LEAH Flash Non/Fiction/@FlashNarratives
POETRY ANDREWS, ASSATA Dear Black Women,
MEMOIR BARAN, ARIELLE GRANDmother
POETRY BAUER-MAGLIN, NAN Baby Walking
POETRY BRYANT, KATE Even though I know how very far
FICTION CABRERA, NATHALIE Mirror
MEMOIR CARLIN, SHANNON The Memories of My Mom, Hidden in Pierogi Dough
MEMOIR CARPENTER, JULIA A talk with my mother
POETRY CASEY-WHITEMAN, JOCELYN Ceremony
FICTION CASSIDY, MEG Spring Green
FICTION CASTILLO, SAONY Because He Liked It
MEMOIR CEDENO, REBECCA I Wanted to Be Cool
FICTION CHE, JORDAN Mirror Image
MEMOIR CHEN, DARYL How superiority is born
JOURNALISM CHEN, MAGGIE Korean Pop Highlights Are Their Own Flaws
MEMOIR CHEUNG, ALEXIS Ring Around Iceland’s Ring Road
POETRY CHINEDO, MARYCLARE Maryclare Yesterday vs. Maryclare Today
POETRY CHU, NICOLE Metamorphosis
MEMOIR CLARK, RAKIA What I Wish My Younger Self Knew
POETRY CLARKE-ARIAS, BRIANNA Musings from a Lost New York Native
FICTION COLN, ELENA Frustration
MEMOIR CONAN, VIVIAN American Dreamers
FICTION CONGRESS, SARAH Love Bite
POETRY COOPER, LILA In Memory of Ma
FICTION CORMAN, LINDA A Gen F’er Meets Her Great-Great-Grandparents
MEMOIR CUEVAS, MEDELIN A Letter to My Unborn Daughter
FICTION CUSTEN, SARAH Poor Virginia
FICTION DA’COSTA, BERNA acknowledgments . . .
FICTION DE LA PAZ, NOELLE A Ravenous Upturning
MEMOIR DEETON, GIA 85 White Street
MEMOIR DEMARTINO, SOPHIA silenced
JOURNALISM DIHYEM, MANAR The Hijab—A Shield or a Threat?
POETRY DOLA, LAILA The Clouds That Smile
POETRY DOMINGUEZ, KIMBERLY Dianthus
POETRY DUBOSE-MORRIS, JOLI-AMOUR Lonely, Womanly
POETRY EKE, JACQUELYN The Letter
POETRY ELMORE, MEGAN The Place We’ve Made
POETRY ESTÉVEZ, ANNETTE Moonflowers
MEMOIR EVANS, STACIE My Un-Quiet Self
FICTION FALEYIMU, MORAYO Bechdel Tests
POETRY FISHER, ABBY Song of Myself
POETRY FIXSEN, ANNA A Hero Is a Heroine
FICTION FLETCHER, STEPHANIE Time Travel
MEMOIR FONTANELLI, REGINA Swing Sets
POETRY FOYE, MEGHANN One Two Z
JOURNALISM FULLER, JAIME The History of Hating on Books Like The Hate U Give
POETRY FURTADO, MARIA RITA The Colors of You
FICTION GALINDO, MARIAH Dejar Pasmado
FICTION GARCIA, KIMBERLEY Goodbye, Father
POETRY GARCIA NUEVA, BERENIZE The Undocumented Wonder Woman
POETRY GAYEN, SENJUTI (Im)Perfect Rose
MEMOIR GERINGER BASS, LAURA Only Me
POETRY GOLDEN, STEPHANIE #MeToo, Circa 1978
POETRY GUERRERO, ANALISE Identical
FICTION GUZMAN, GIANNY Darkness and Dolls
POETRY HARRIS, NYLAH Hear My Voice
FICTION HASKELL, STEPHANIE Abnorminials
MEMOIR HE, LILY What Happened to a Little Chinese Girl One Morning
POETRY HEILIGMAN, DEBORAH Ashes of Hope: A Prayer
POETRY HERMAN-DURICA, AIMEE Dear Universe (A Manifesto)
POETRY HERNANDEZ, RUBIT Silent Chaos
MEMOIR HESSE, LAUREN On Funerals
FICTION HOBY, HERMIONE Excerpt from book in progress
JOURNALISM HYMOWITZ, CAROL Betting on Teens in the Trump Era
MEMOIR JACOBS, KATE I Could Never Love Anyone as I Love My Sisters
JOURNALISM JAGIRDAR, WAEZA Equality Begins with Changing Education
POETRY JAMES, SARANE Generation Futureproof
POETRY JEFFREY, BIANCA We Want You!
MEMOIR JENKINS, ZARIAH My Female Superheroes
MEMOIR KLEIN, LINDA KAY The Middle of Nowhere
MEMOIR KLIMOSKI, ALEXANDREA Saturn Returns
FICTION KONG, WINNIE Dissolving the Spectrum
MEMOIR KOSTER, ELIZABETH Photo Montage
MEMOIR LECLAIR, CATHERINE Blender Night
JOURNALISM LEWIS, DIAMOND Hating on The Hate U Give
JOURNALISM LOZADA, JADE On Being America
JOURNALISM McARDLE, MOLLY Joy Girls in Salzburg
POETRY MISHKIN, JAIME Blessings
FICTION MOJICA, NATALIE Self-Conscience
MEMOIR MORALES, BETSY Generation F: The FIGHT IS ON
MEMOIR MOREL, ANGELY An Everlasting Bond
JOURNALISM MORGAN, AMINA It All Started with . . .
POETRY MORRIS, EMILY Girls’ Trip Sestina
FICTION MUKHTAR, AMINA Untitled (Cheating Man)
POETRY MULLEY, KATE I Lie Here
MEMOIR NARANJO, MILENA 61 Years Apart
MEMOIR NAZAIRE, SARADINE Tomorrow
POETRY NELSON, LIVIA We Can Do Better
JOURNALISM NESBAT, HANNAH The Personalities Are Political
POETRY O’BRIEN, CYNTHIA-MARIE Lunchtime by the Bay
POETRY OTTAWAY, AMANDA To the Catcaller
FICTION PALERMO, GABI 10 Years Later
MEMOIR PALUMBO, NIKKI Moms: A Study
POETRY PANTALEON, LESLIE Flight Departure
MEMOIR PARISEAU, LESLIE Ghost Geography
POETRY PARKER, RIA Invalid Address
FICTION PARTAP, REBECCA Harbinger
POETRY PASSANANTI, JESSIE We meet again
MEMOIR PERSAUD, SABRINA Fighting for My Full Self
MEMOIR PIERCE, AMIRA New Year, New Orleans (an excerpt from “The Other Guy Won”)
POETRY PITT, ISIS Becoming Cinnamon
POETRY PRESENT, EMILY Colored Death
POETRY QUINTERO, STEPHANIE August
MEMOIR RAGHURAM, NANDITA Foreigner’s Tax
MEMOIR RAITA, RAIBENA Lockdown
MEMOIR RAMIREZ, SARAH An Anxious Child of God
MEMOIR REYES, PILAR My Grandmother’s First Period
FICTION RINALDI, EMILY The Burgundy & Gold Stitched Chair
POETRY ROWE, JENNIFER For that girl
FICTION RUBIN, JULIA LYNN Mother
POETRY SALEH, DALEELAH The New National Anthem
MEMOIR SANTOS, MARIFER Between Worlds
FICTION SCHEINER, KATHLEEN The Quarry
MEMOIR SCHMIT, CAROLYN TO honour your roots
JOURNALISM SCHNEIDER, ASHLEY From Kindergarten to Generation F
MEMOIR SCHWIEGERSHAUSEN, ERICA Be Safe
MEMOIR SERLIN, JAMIE Ode to an aspiring author . . .
POETRY SHICKMANTER, MARGO Orbit
POETRY SHOPE, RACHEL From Ellis Island
MEMOIR SLON, MAEVE Snow That Grows
JOURNALISM SPENCER, LAUREN Two Sides to Every Story
MEMOIR STITES, LENNA Uses for Chewing Gum
MEMOIR STRICKLAND, HEATHER Faux Feminist
FICTION TARANNUM, TASNIM The Tale of the Wind Chimes and the Disgruntled Demoness
MEMOIR TAYLOR, JANIAH Anxiety’s Wildest Dreams
POETRY THOMAS, ELIZABETH Daylight Saving
POETRY TIGHE, MARYELLEN A Collection
MEMOIR ULU, NNEKA A Contemplation of Love
FICTION WALKER, LILY Fake (an excerpt)
FICTION WHELAN, MARIA Refraction
POETRY WILLIAMS, SHANAI Point A to Z; a map of me
POETRY WILLIG, ROBIN Poetic Forms and Dance Steps: A Sonnet
FICTION WOOD, ALIKAY The Proper Way to Shatter a Girl
POETRY YANG, KAITLYN Raindrops and Coffee
MEMOIR ZHANG, EN YU The Sky over Our Heads