photography by Kelli Connell
Contributed By: Kelli Connell
photography by Kelli Connell
Return to table of contents for Issue 10 Fall 2016.
When we decided to co-edit an issue of MAYDAY Magazine dedicated to nonfiction, we knew we wanted to see as wide a range as possible. We were particularly interested in work that pushes or blurs the boundaries…
I’m going to stop coming out in the usual I don’t want to offend you way. I’ll tell the next children’s librarian who asks me my husband’s name about the time a cop held my wife against…
I heard my hands were yellow, and in the lines I could feel deeper, like tea I never knew what any of that means if colors have smells then yellow lingered in front of my…
The blurred cypress has its own quiet math as you speed divine with the white tongue of a cloud descending to lick a strip mall. Motion is a means to forget, so that each fluorescent…
March 2024 My father calls from Istanbul to tell me he’s on his way to Djibouti There he will wait for a summoning to Somalia Most of my life people asked ___________________ […]
I hear him singing in the kitchen
as he stirs sugar into jasmine tea
This essay continues the theme of Men’s Mental Health Month, whose important message should be recognized all year rather than just in November. Eating disorders are a “silent scream.” According to Monte Nido, a specialized treatment center for eating disorders, “Millions of people are hiding an eating disorder every day.” Specifically, 29 million Americans today […]