Creative Nonfiction: Reddening by Lena Crown
It was the first time in years that I’d altered anything about my appearance.
It was the first time in years that I’d altered anything about my appearance.
Let’s define that gap, that bridge, between the work of art and the audience as “the interface.
I think it’s a great honor to be part of a new and thriving literary movement.
A grey drunk buys you a drink/He insists, he’s buying the qualities/That can’t be unseen a drink
You will act as if it is normal each time she unleashes her personal pain upon you.
Handing me the rope, she suggested I call him Winter, a reminder of what he’d endured.
A weekly, non-exhaustive list (curated by Steven Genise) of the experiences that make us human.
It was important to me to be completely honest—especially to teen readers!—about the struggle to make good choices in a world metaphorically and literally on fire.
and her mind changed/like a bird flying/from one branch/to another
I’d tell you not to think about these things, but the stories are there inside of you, festering for years, all pus and mold.