Notes from Detention
By Essay Issue 130
——–South Texas Family Residential Center, Dilley, Texas From June 2025 to April 2026, the author was held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, along with her mother and four younger siblings, after her father was charged with a fatal attack on protestors in Boulder, Colorado. This essay is based on notes she kept during her…
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By Poetry Issue 82
Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. It is what the law says. However, the summer of our prayers was one of grace in action. An outage from nine in the morning until three in the afternoon never occurred despite all the signs. I witnessed utility men working in the street as well…
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