So to Speak Journal 4/1/21 So to Speak Journal 4/1/21

Announcing our 2021 Virtual Reading!

So to Speak is thrilled to announce that on Sunday, April 18, 2021, at 8:00 PM EST, we’ll be holding a virtual reading featuring contributors in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art!

Audrey T. Carroll 3/29/21 Audrey T. Carroll 3/29/21

Bi Joy as Resistance

How much joy is a bi character allowed in a narrative? Where does this joy appear in the story, and how long does it last?

Frances Koziar 2/8/21 Frances Koziar 2/8/21

We Come Together

like a tapestry

of worn threads. Our feet

carry us here:

Caitlin Leggett 1/22/21 Caitlin Leggett 1/22/21

Strange Fruit, 2020

A man was lynched today

And like Strange Fruit

He swung in the breeze

Caitlin Leggett 1/22/21 Caitlin Leggett 1/22/21

fast

Maple, skin, girl
I hope your insides
Tastes as sweet as the syrup I imagine.

S.J. Buckley 12/29/20 S.J. Buckley 12/29/20

On “Things We Didn’t Talk About When I Was a Girl”: A Conversation with Jeannie Vanasco

Jeannie Vanasco’s second memoir, Things We Didn’t Talk About When I Was a Girl, focuses on a series of conversations with her former friend, Mark, fourteen years after he sexually assaulted her.