miCRo: “Reconnaissance” by Ellen K. Fee
In a fascinating miCRo essay, Fee takes us on a tour of the microwave’s unexpected origin story.
miCRo: “Boundary: A Definition” by Nicki Youngsma
Depending on the situation and people involved, this outside world may or may not crash like terse waves into said Self, transgressing a felt sense of sovereignty, wholeness, intactness, a concept which is intangible yet real . . . very real.
miCRo: “Valedictorian” by Sarah Chin
Sarah Chin’s story navigates the sticky terrain of grief.
miCRo: “The Visible Woman” by Alexandra Teague
Clear. Nuclear. Like the Visible Woman in her plexiglass-clear skin once lied to me I wouldn’t grow to be. One button for her heart to light up red. One for the nervy, branching rivers in her head.
miCRo: “The Landscape Painter” by Matthew Thorburn
An ekphrastic prose poem that makes the artifact embodied through a narrative.
miCRo: “Biology” by Ting Lin
A poem that captures that back-to-school feeling and the violence of coming-of-age.
miCRo: “Fascism” by Mark Strohschein
A starkly titled prose poem about a figurative ocean of blackness.
miCRo: “In Transit” by Bella Gibb
A sharp, lyrical meditation on the vulnerability and rage at moving through public space in a queer, feminine body.
miCRo: “Eyeglasses and Rocketship” by Chris Haven
A family story that takes us millions of light-years away to get a closer view of home.
miCRo: “Benevolent Ruler” by Mary Ardery
An essay in which the quotidian overlies concerns about women’s health
miCRo: “The Red Negligee” by Jenny Molberg
A poem about a honeymoon and a stranded giant Pacific chiton
miCRo: “A Village Tries On Her Skin,” by A. A. Balaskovits
In this Shirley Jackson-like fable, A. A. Balaskovits gives us a glimpse into collective cruelty and our age-old fear of, and fascination with, difference.
