Tara Temprano Tara Temprano is a 47-year-old woman living in New Jersey as an educator of young children. Her experience with sexual assault spans a few circumstances and poetry has served her well as an outlet to address the assaults, harassment, and abuse that she endured in her twenties and thirties. The five poems selected have not been published in any way. Her substack, named “Poetry and Artifacts,” publishes poems weekly as well as “Artifact Journaling,” which combines

Andreia Rodrigues Andreia Rodrigues is a Brazilian immigrant currently residing in Belgium. Her memoir, Wild Dandelions , shares her...

by Ben Cowan Ben Cowan is a survivor of childhood sex abuse. Part of his recovery is sharing his story to support others. He is retired,...

Late July of 1993, A verbal invite came my way for both of us, To a family camping weekend, Not far from home in late August.

At my urgent request in the Spring of 1971, my mother arranged for me to see a counselor. I was 15, and my father had been dead for years.

good morning, your honor. i wanted to thank you for being here this morning. although you’re here as an impartial party, i appreciate you...

Frankenstein’s Daughter, 1967 Previously published in Memoir Magazine Cigarette smoke hangs thick in the kitchen of my dad’s two-bedroom...

Valerie Twyman I was born an identical twin. Many years ago, I looked up the meaning of our names. Vera, who died after living for only...

Leslie Hill It is late afternoon on a Friday, and almost everyone in our family is at a Fourth of July block party down the street. I...