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Author: Evan Karp

Natasha Dennerstein, “Desirable Alien”

Posted on March 13, 2021March 21, 2021 by Evan Karp

I, too, didn’t/don’t understand green bean casseroles, and that completely won me over.    Rachel Chen on Natasha Dennerstein’s “Desirable Alien” (sPARKLE & bLINK 94) sPARKLE & bLINK 94 by Quiet Lightning

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Amber Carpenter, “Bodies Are Not Meant To”

Posted on February 26, 2021February 26, 2021 by Evan Karp

The human body is a fragile, precious entity. The human body is assigned at birth, it is not a choice. Care for it—you try—but sometimes you are stripped of such freedoms. Sometimes it is a stranger that controls your body, as if it were a dead thing—a commodity. Amber Carpenter’s piece “Bodies are not meant Read More

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