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- Vigilpoemby S. BirchIssue No. I — Embersdomesticmotherhoodpatience
The bread rises in the dark. I rise to check it, twice, as if watching could help. My mother used to say the same about me. She sat up late for years, listening for the particular…
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- The Cartography of Small Disastersproseby T. OkaforIssue No. I — Embersmemoryfamilygeography
My father kept a road atlas in the glove box of every car he ever owned. He didn't trust GPS. He didn't trust anything he couldn't fold. When he died we found seventeen atlases in…
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- Notes on Disappearingessayby M. ValentiIssue No. I — Embersgriefordinary lifeoctober
There is a particular quality of light in mid-October that makes everything feel provisional. I have been thinking about this since my neighbor packed a moving truck at six in the …
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