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  • A white man sits in a black wheelchair and smiles to something off-camera. He wears a blue baseball hat and a green sweatshirt.

    A Drop of Red

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    “He wondered if it could still make wine/A thimble./If there was something that could be done/Too late.”

  • A black and white photo of a white woman with glasses smiling with her mouth closed.

    another migraine poem

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    In her newest poem, K Weber writes about the fatigue and grief that comes with chronic pain.

  • A white woman poses for the camera, crouching. She wears a lilac dress and earings and dark purple lipstick and is surrounded by lilac furnature.

    In this house still

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    Karlen Lambert enjoys working with surrealism and color in her photography and other works. She is an avid reader, writer, purple enthusiast and music lover.

  • An Asian man smiling with his mouth closed and looking at the camera. He has short, black hair and is wearing a black shirt and glasses. He is standing against a white wall.

    When I Was A Monster

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    “I saw all the lights in my dreams/But nobody dared to approach me/Because I didn’t know how/To use my words.”

  • A white man sits in a black wheelchair and smiles to something off-camera. He wears a blue baseball hat and a green sweatshirt.

    Up the Stairs

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    Ginger-haired, disabled writer and alternative film poster maker Andrew Hall writes his Knee Brace debut about disability, ableism, and possibility.

  • A Black woman with long, dark brown hair reading a book on a white chair.

    An interview with Bryanna Bond

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    Imani Jones and Aaliyah Thomas start a business based on Imani’s photography and Aaliyah’s love of fashion. But when the past comes back to haunt them, can their bond get them through?

  • My X-Ray Vision

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    When he was a kid, Brenton Fisher’s response to, “Why do your eyes look like that?” became, “Because I have X-ray vision.”

  • A white woman with gray hair smiling with her mouth closed at the camera.

    Insanity Camp

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    “I make light with a lantern made of papier-mache/It burns me as it shows the way/To a one-star resort with a welcoming glow/Leave the light on for me/Thinking makes it so.”

  • A white woman lays on the ground with her eyes closed. She is covered in turquoise petals. The fabric she lays on is also turquoise and covered in flowers.

    Down with me in the ditch

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    Karlen Lambert is a writer and an artist, currently studying for a BFA in 3D art at UNCC. Her work explores grief and neurodivergent presentation.

  • An Asian man smiling with his mouth closed and looking at the camera. He has short, black hair and is wearing a black shirt and glasses. He is standing against a white wall.

    The Trees

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    In his poem, The Trees, Brian Lee muses on questions of nature, the human mind, and neurodiversity.