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Stories

A photo illustration accompanying Tiana Clark's Scorched Earth poems, reflecting themes of Black motherhood in poetry, faith, and grief.

The Raw Root of Dark Sounds

These three poems excerpted from “Scorched Earth” reckon with a mother’s face, the devil’s music, and what miracles can happen on a plain day.

My Superpower

When Lea-Anne Jackson’s little sister was diagnosed with leukemia, Lea-Anne was convinced she had a superpower that would save her. Then one day, it stopped working.