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Becoming a Peaceful Earth Warrior by Susan Schirl Smith
It was that picture of the battered baby seal on the cover of the World Wildlife Fund magazine that did it. At 17, I became an environmentalist, an activist, a champion of the vulnerable and downtrodden. Rachel Carson poster on the wall. Daktari my favorite TV show. The flag award for caring about the other human animals…
Edge of Seventeen, Mississippi Delta, Summer 1982 by Stuart Phillips
Plowing down Delta in Jerry’s white Spitfire, cheap speakers make us cooler than the breeze, top down, “don’t you want me baby” impressing because everyone listens to the words as we make the Friday night loop from downtown Clarksdale to the Sonic Drive-In, launching from Yazoo between Woolworth’s acres of plate glass windows and Penney’s…
Death, Grief, and Honey Nut Cheerios by Kiely Todd Roska
6:30 Tuesday morning. My four-year-old daughter sits next to me, scooping spoonfuls of cereal toward her mouth as milk drips onto her bare chest. Emmalani prefers life without clothing. Today she sports purple butterfly underwear. Nothing else. Her brown bangs fall over her eyes, finally regrowing after her latest full-headed self-haircut. Between bites, she alternates…
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