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Image is a color photograph of emojis; title card for the new creative nonfiction essay, "The Art of Crafting a Dating App Profile" by Anna Chotlos.

The Art of Crafting a Dating App Profile by Anna Chotlos

September 18, 2024

  Do I “heart” this? My finger hovers over the outline of a heart beside a photo of a curly-haired woman grinning, her arms wrapped around two tan dogs. It’s a Friday night, a few months after I moved to…

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Image is a color photograph of a lighthouse; title card for the new creative nonfiction essay, "The Lighthouse Keepers," by Jen Colclough.

The Lighthouse Keepers by Jen Colclough

August 14, 2024

  “You’re a highly intelligent individual, and I’m sorry, but you probably know already that intellect and depression often run together.” The school counsellor raises her hand up and down to simulate a wave. “Your thoughts and your moods move…

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Image is a color photograph of an old house's window missing a pane of glass; title card for the new creative nonfiction essay, "Little Boy Ghost," by Ira Sukrungruang.

Little Boy Ghost by Ira Sukrungruang

July 17, 2024

  Since we’ve moved to England for the year, my son Bodhi fears being alone. He can’t verbalize what it is he fears. Everywhere we go he follows, hand linked into an arm or fingers pinching the fabric of a…

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Image is a color photograph of a white orchid in shadowed light; title card for the 2023 CRAFT Memoir Excerpt & Essay Contest Winner, "Orchid, Excerpt from Orchid: A Memoir," by Chaya Bhuvaneswar.

Orchid, Excerpt from Orchid: A Memoir by Chaya Bhuvaneswar

June 28, 2024

  “Today I believe in the possibility of love; that is why I endeavor to trace its imperfections, its perversions.”  ―Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks   Chapter One: Orchid Tattoo 1. …granulation tissue Granulation tissue is cell growth, after…

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Image is a color photograph of a bus stop on the side of the road in the middle of a field; title card for the 2023 CRAFT Memoir Excerpt & Essay Contest Winner, "Bus Stop," by Gabe Montesanti.

Bus Stop by Gabe Montesanti

June 21, 2024

  The nurse processing my intake at the psychiatric hospital looked like the kind of person with whom I would strike up a conversation while waiting for a drag show. Everything about her seemed to match, down to the color…

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Image is a color photograph of an open book with a uneaten red apple: title card for the 2023 CRAFT Memoir Excerpt & Essay Contest Winner, "Twelve," by Elissa Lash.

Twelve by Elissa Lash

June 14, 2024

  One Once there was a hungry woman. Some said she was a giant and some said she was a witch. That woman is me. She might be you. I’ve always been voraciously hungry. Even before the years I starved…

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Image is a color photograph of a barbershop with a yellow door; title card for the 2023 CRAFT ME&EC editors' choice selection, Excerpts from "The Space Between," by Herb Harris.

Excerpts from The Space Between by Herb Harris

June 7, 2024

  Prologue I must begin by telling you that I am Black. This is a very strange thing to have to say out loud. It is usually something self-evident that goes without saying. But my light skin and blur of…

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Image is a color photograph of a beagle running on the beach; title card for the 2023 CRAFT ME&EC editors' choice selection, "Racing," Excerpt from My Heart Is a Bomb, by Tori Malcangio.

Racing, Excerpt from My Heart Is a Bomb by Tori Malcangio

June 5, 2024

  Here they are, the two men in my life who have stepped forward in an executioner’s line. We’ll take the shot, they’re saying, as they assume positions in twin chairs stationed in every cardiologist’s office we’ve visited since my…

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Image is a color photograph of a wedding veil hanging by a window; title card for the new creative nonfiction essay, "Archipelagic," by Elisabeth Vasquez Hein.

Archipelagic by Elisabeth Vasquez Hein

May 15, 2024

  Is your mom a mail-order bride? I was once asked by a classmate in fourth grade while we sat at our desks making fake nails out of Elmer’s glue squeezed into the hollow of our plastic rulers. No, of…

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Image is a color photograph of a yellow toy ambulance; title card for the new creative nonfiction essay, "The Novel, The Map," by Hannah Grieco.

The Novel, The Map by Hannah Grieco

February 14, 2024

  Content Warning—suicidal ideation in a child   Right after my forty-sixth birthday, I begin writing a novel. It’s about a mother who loses all sense of personal identity while taking care of her very ill son. A mother who…

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