Poetry: This Body by Renée Watson
SKIN: NOUN
1. Sensitive. Dry
See Dove soap, Oil of Olay, shea butter.
See middle school pimples plumping up
the night before picture day.
Always on the chin or nose.
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Only a fool would place such a bet/On which way the wind blows

Art: Iain Baxter’s Bagged Day-Glo Oranges

Quote: “There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.” – Frank Herbert

Recipe: Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

Anywhere But Here: ‘Ten Thousand Ripples,’ Chicago, IL