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Peach Season
by Emily Joy Stroble | Aug 21, 2025 | Colorado
Summer feels syrupy thick and cloying, on the edge of overripe.
Shared Blips
by Rylan Shewmaker | Aug 20, 2025 | Belgium
I collect these moments, these small intimacies with strangers, shoring up an evidence base of my own existence and its overlap with others’.
Does Everyone’s Honda Accord Have a Hyperspace Button, Or Just Mine?
by Luke Brandsen | Aug 19, 2025 | Placeless
Wandering snowflakes on their descending pilgrimages can hold a remarkable resemblance to the contorted stars of hyperspace.
The Best Thing in Taiwan
by Priscilla Chang | Aug 18, 2025 | Placeless
It may be a little reckless and a little dumb, but that’s the point.
Suburgatory
by Carlisle Patete | Aug 17, 2025 | Tennessee
Parking in the furthest spot away in the parking lot is not scratching my walking-everywhere-itch.
The Smell of Douglas Fir
by Nathan Hilbrands | Aug 16, 2025 | Michigan
Am I a product of all of the sticks, stones, and leaves I have encountered throughout my life?
Echoes and Afterimages
by Noah Keene | Aug 14, 2025 | Grand Rapids
I wish I didn’t have to wait months at a time to see Hannah. I wish I could have been there to congratulate Katherine on the baby. I wish I could be in two places at once: my church and house church with Luke and Lauren.
Remind Me
by Olivia Harre | Aug 13, 2025 | Placeless
Remind me that starting something new is the hardest part.
Hometown Appreciation
by Liana Hirner | Aug 12, 2025 | Illinois
I’m only just now exploring places I’ve driven past hundreds of times.
On Serving (Not in the Cool Gen Z Way)
by Eleanor Lee | Aug 11, 2025 | Placeless
I began to wonder what it’d feel like to stop and ask myself if I really wanted to go the extra mile.
Return to Form
by Philip Rienstra | Aug 10, 2025 | Placeless
Enough time has passed that I’ve been able to successfully reclaim sandwiches.
My Brain Gaslights Me
by Michelle Ferdinands | Aug 9, 2025 | Placeless
Did I really have to keep shrinking myself? Does it even matter that my friends get uncomfortable?
For SARS-CoV-2, Apply 8 Oz.
by Josh Parks | Aug 8, 2025 | Placeless
Even I am not enough of an instruction fundamentalist to get a measuring cup out while cleaning the toilet.
300 Square Feet
by Kate Wilmot | Aug 7, 2025 | Placeless
What was sweet about the past two years?
To Kill, or Not to Kill? (A Bug.)
by Emilyn Shortridge | Aug 6, 2025 | Placeless
I hate ants for their determination and fearlessness.
Thank You, Creston Church
by Alex Johnson | Aug 5, 2025 | Grand Rapids
Faithful for a hundred years, faithful to me, faithful beyond me.
Cherrio to Cherrios
by Grace Buller | Aug 4, 2025 | Placeless
Would you eat a damp dish sponge if it was breaded, baked, and dipped in ketchup?
A Meandering Spirit
by Madeline Witvliet | Aug 3, 2025 | Grand Rapids
It was a relief to set aside my to-do list to just be.
Crucially, Non-Cancerous (Part II)
by Christina Ribbens | Aug 2, 2025 | Placeless
I was eating Flavor Blasted Extra-Cheddar Goldfish while basking in the sun and having the best moment of my week.
Di-Leverage-emma
by Sam Tuit | Aug 1, 2025 | Placeless
It’s a profoundly Obama-era show.
A Love Letter to Letraset
by Izzy Nunez | Jul 28, 2025 | Placeless
I swear I see the letters breathe.
My Bloody Self-Care Routine
by Annaka Koster | Jul 26, 2025 | Placeless
The longer I’m a blood donation regular, the more I appreciate the ritual of it.
Confession of a Slighted Author
by Sam Koster | Jul 25, 2025 | Grand Rapids
I saw all that blank space the first time and went, “Where the hell are the rest of my words?”
Lebanese Dad Jokes
by Sophia Medawar | Jul 24, 2025 | Placeless
“Baba, you can’t be doing that.”
So This Is It…
by Mitchell Barbee | Jul 23, 2025 | Placeless
Planning for the future has never been a strength of mine, nor has imagining a future for myself.
‘We Were Liars’: A Review
by Savannah Shustack | Jul 22, 2025 | Placeless
It engages with a central human issue—invisibility and erasure—on personal, familial, and systemic levels.
Worst Instincts
by Rylan Shewmaker | Jul 20, 2025 | Belgium
I feel the in-person lived reality of the bystander effect, to which I’ve always told myself I would be the exception.
A Feta-Up Girl’s Guide to Goud(a) Vegan Dairy
by Hannah McNulty | Jul 19, 2025 | Placeless
Did I do research for this? No. That sounds expensive.
My Last Post
by Isaac DeBoer | Jul 18, 2025 | Michigan
My grandma ended every voicemail with “thank you, bye now.”
Introducing the Brands Sponsoring My Wedding (Unbeknownst to Them)
by Carlisle Patete | Jul 17, 2025 | Placeless
“Sponsoring” is when you buy a lot of something from one brand, right?
