first person I’m Tired of Hearing About Yearning There is power in yearning, but only as a means to an end, not as an endstate in itself. AJ Feb 20, 2026
first person We Call It Time Travel To love someone new is to agree to travel somewhere that doesn’t exist yet together. Vanessa — Feb 23, 2022
first person To Travel, Like Light So much of my experience of poetry is wrapped up in time. danijanae — Feb 22, 2022
first person Closing the Distance With a Dash of Salt and Cumin In the middle of a pandemic, 8,000 miles away from Dhaka, Bangladesh, I craved my favorite dish in the world: beef bhuna, a curry made of tender meat and rich,… P — Feb 21, 2022
first person Time Between Us My partner and I started our relationship at a distance. C was on Eastern Time. I was on Mountain Time. Diana Clarke — Feb 20, 2022
first person Aunt Opal and the California Cabbage Fund “When I asked her if I had to start praying for a husband, she laughed like a bark, like the boss.” Heather Hogan — Feb 19, 2022
first person The Numbers in My Phone I tried for a long time not to have a smart phone. sheena d. — Feb 17, 2022
first person The Double Lives of Queer Church Musicians Many of my colleagues and I have left church music leadership entirely. Cat Dean — Feb 15, 2022
first person Caterpillar Soup: A Trans Girl Finds Her Style Emme Lund writes about butterflies, fashion, and finding her own sense of style while she moves through her transition. Emme Lund — Feb 15, 2022
