The February Letter
Dear Damsels, The theme for February is that hard-won, most precious of things, TRUST. The foundation of every relationship we make, the thing we take… Read More
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1.23am, magnified
Anna Myers' fiction paints an enigmatic picture of a fragile relationship built on a tentative trust. Read More
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Curtained Off
Health, doctors and waiting rooms. Anna Kahn's three stanzas will make you question their truth. Read More
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Uncivil War
Trusted with so much without earning the right: Lauren Gauge's poem addresses all that has been entrusted to the highest position of power. Read More
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The Edge of Enough
Jennifer Livingstone asks the question it will always come back to – can you trust him? Read More
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What Makes Me Think I Can?
Jess McHugh's humorous non-fiction piece explores the difficulty in trusting your own creativity. Read More
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Affirmation
The world keeps turning and it’s all we can do to keep holding on, in Stéph Kuypers’ plaintive poem. Read More
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Thoughts On A Wall
Trust the rope and hold onto Rebecca Parker as she starts to climb Read More
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Soot Carving
Rebecca Smith’s short story provides a gothic setting, a stormy night and a secret sealed in the embers of a fire. Read More
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Revolutionary Roads
In this personal essay, Harriet Thompson examines whether we can ever trust the desire to follow our dreams, in the context of Richard Yates’s Revolutionary Road and her own life. Read More
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