Publication: CRAFT

  • Women’s Hospital by Anne P. Beatty

    I love the metaphor in Beatty’s story, and . I wasn’t the one doing the work when my kid was born, but so much of the description in Beatty’s story brought me right back to that day. In birth the only plan is life, and—you realize this in the moment, or at least I did—the…

  • The Family Gathers at a Meal by Andrea Cavedo

    A short horror story and a blunt metaphor about motherhood and sacrifice. Reminded me of an old Twilight Zone episode, or something Junji Ito would use as a starting point for a bonkers bit of manga.

  • The Beast

    A woman’s life starts coming undone as she discovers that an old flame is coming back to town. This story is like a slow-motion car crash. I couldn’t look away. (from Lena Valencia’s Personal Anthology)

  • The Word Disorder

    An upsetting story about a woman’s relationship with her body and the people around her

  • Twelve

    There’s so much in this memoir that I’m thinking about even days after reading it. It’s about growing up and the expectations and limitations of girls in society: Beware of flying for they will call you a witch and a bitch. They will use the straw from your broom as kindling for the fire they…

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