miCRo: “What Don’t Kill You” by Darius Simpson
At the beginning of Darius Simpson’s “What Don’t Kill You” is a heartbreaking pair of shoes in Akron, Ohio.
miCRo: “Trespassing” by Jaclyn Gilbert
The notion of trespass becomes seductive in Jaclyn Gilbert’s story “Trespassing.”
miCRo: “Rune” by Doug Ramspeck
In the deep winter, a boy discovers a landscape filled with ghosts and symbols.
miCRo: “The Great Bear” by Sebastián H. Páramo
Sebastián H. Páramo’s “The Great Bear” opens with today’s changing, deconstructing landscape—the result of climate change.
miCRo: “The Runners” by Natan Last
A jog through Bed-Stuy becomes much more in Natan Last’s “The Runners.”
miCRo: “I Am Often Reminded That I Am Here to Help People” by Joshua Gottlieb-Miller
Bosses and shoppers inspire Joshua Gottlieb-Miller’s meditation on work and purpose.
miCRo: “Spring Semester” by Amy M. Alvarez
Amy M. Alvarez’s “Spring Semester,” set at the beginning of a school day, opens with a sense of newness: the season, the day, and a teenager’s new red leather jacket.
miCRo: “I” by Kathleen Rooney
In “I,” Kathleen Rooney plays with the most familiar letter in the alphabet.
miCRo: “Re-entry” by Erin Murphy
In “Re-entry,” Erin Murphy examines the gravitational and emotional forces that guide our lives.
miCRo: “Black Womxn Are Violets” by Tatiana Johnson-Boria
Through erasure of Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s “Sonnet,” footnotes, and white space, “Black Womxn Are Violets” by Johnson-Boria creates a complex portrait of Black womxnhood.
miCRo: “Fruit Flies” by Giboba Ramm
In “Fruit Flies,” Giboba Ramm transforms a mundane problem—a “minor infestation” of fruit flies—into the starting point for a meditation on the consequences of both reproduction and killing.
miCRo: “Gulf Pass” by Leslie Morris
Leslie Morris’s “Gulf Pass” invites readers to explore the connections between natural and unnatural landscapes.
