Jessie van Eerden

Seamless

In this lyrical essay, Jessie van Eerden reflects on her upbringing in a rural West Virginia church and wonders “if the words of our childhood faith-lives—words like worship, praise, holiness—have any real clout for us when we really stare them in the face as adults and when, out of the corner of our eyes, we see more and more brokenness in the world.”

Liz Dolan

Early Sorrow

A poem by Liz Dolan explores children’s responses to death.

Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

A Shock of Sky

A poem by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz that describes a non-eyewitness response to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.