Truth
Anna Catone - { Histories }
Janlori Goldman - { Bachelard's Cabinet } { The Jewish Gauchos of Entre Rios, 1917 }{ One Good Turn }
Elizabeth Howort - { The Sun, That Great Magician }
Sam Abbott - { It Eats You }
Rachel M. Simon - { Seizure } { Title IX }{ Hometown }{ Swish }
Untruth
Rosa C. Li - { Lucky Elephant }
Ken Cormier - { A Day in the Life of a Conversationalist }
Juan Carlos Reyes - { A War for Rigoberto Chismón }
Rachel M. Simon - { After Life }
We Don't Know and They
Won't Tell Us
Rebecca Keith - { Excerpt from Misdirected Postcard, One }
T.M. De Vos - { Leaving Lake Baikal }
Kamilah Aisha Moon - { Going Under } { Don't Move This Dust }{ Burn }{ After Our Daughter's Autism Diagnosis }
| Title IX by Rachel Simon |
Robin Roberts was the first woman
situated at my Sports Center desk.
There was no WNBA, and market forces being what they are,
there may not be one by the time anyone reads this.
The Michael Jordan and Bo Jackson posters
of my brother’s late 80’s bedroom so familiar
if they walk their aged and out-of-uniform selves
through the door I will cite statistics, percentages,
and contractual shoe obligations before either finds a chair.
Remodeling my brother’s bedroom:
green walls and pennant trim for the illusion
of a sports bar on the other side of our Jack and Jill bathroom.
Fascination and disappointment:
my trophies had boobs—shame prominence
and slight still-shiny tarnish on the ledge
that later migrated to the garage.
