Jul 20, 20234 minFictionTellers and TrainerSurveying the room, I was struck by how different these trainees appeared from the ones in my last session. It was my first stint as a...
Jul 20, 20235 minFictionTransitionsMaggie was obsessed with feathers. The fascination had started two weeks ago when Rita picked an electric blue one from the stone path...
Jul 18, 20232 minPoetryFrom Byker to Botany Bay, 1950A long line of up-and-down terrace flats Adjunct outside lavvy and cobblestone back lane Runs cheek by jowl steep down to the foggy Tyne,...
Jul 17, 20231 minPoetryThoughts of MigrationNew world, new life, that’s what I wanted to see, unforeseen problems, old dreams, that’s what life wrote. The airport was like a gate,...
Jul 17, 20236 minEssayDiaspora DarlingWhen I was little, I knew we were different. Not only because of my parents and their thick accents, but because of the lines they drew...
Jul 17, 20234 minFictionArrivingDara kept a file with the arrival stories, interview notes that she’d translated, edited, or in some way participated. The loose-leaf...