“Of the Lamp” by Gabrielle Bates
[audioplayer file=”https://admin.rattle.com/audio/BatesLamp.mp3″] Gabrielle Bates OF THE LAMP For Robin Williams It’s not because he looks so much like my dad, […]
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“Roll Call for Michael Brown” by Jason McCall
Jason McCall ROLL CALL FOR MICHAEL BROWN It will happen, an honest mistake in a hot August classroom. Someone will
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“She Runs from the River” by Elise Liu
[audioplayer file=”https://admin.rattle.com/audio/LiuRiver.mp3″] Elise Liu SHE RUNS FROM THE RIVER spilling from her mouth, her nose, her eyes, each hot slick
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“Ya’aburnee” by Zeina Hashem Beck
[audioplayer file=”https://admin.rattle.com/audio/BeckBurnee.mp3″] Zeina Hashem Beck YA’ABURNEE (Arabic): literally “you bury me,” a term of endearment expressing the desire to die
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“How I Fathom the Crash” by Megan Collins
[audioplayer file=”https://admin.rattle.com/audio/CollinsCrash.mp3″] Megan Collins HOW I FATHOM THE CRASH I think about the toothbrushes, tucked in their travel packs like
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“On July 8” by Elly Bookman
[audioplayer file=”https://admin.rattle.com/audio/BookmanJuly.mp3″] Elly Bookman ON JULY 8 The man who waved the mock trophy was the saddest. The boy who