When the Same first came into being, it was as an idea for a space for women to share their own stories and those of women whose stories they wanted to share with the world. In the beginning, we thought we would only publish nonfiction and interviews. While we’ve expanded our vision to encompass many…
Issue 5.2 – Poetry
I was once told that my ego was “large and off-putting” But I wonder if what he meant was that my hips were “large and off-putting” I’m sure the tiny man in front of me felt my entire being was “large and off-putting” Because this man grew up among women who made themselves smaller He…
Serial – Little River – Chapter 9
* New to Little River or behind in reading? Find all the previous chapters here. The sounds of squealing and feet pounding back and forth across the deck assaulted Jonathan’s ears as he sat at the desk in his bedroom. His head was pounding, and he couldn’t seem to concentrate on the sermon he was working on. He…
Book Review – What Lies Between Us
What Lies Between Us by Nayomi Munaweera We begin with a prologue about a moon bear that kills her own cub. We progress to a first-person narration by an unnamed woman, who appears to be incarcerated. She tells us her story, from girlhood in Kandy, Sri Lanka to motherhood in California. We understand that the protagonist…
The Little Things – MicroWork
Let’s pick bluebonnets, collect them in a small wood basket, and love them. Sarah Karowski is a 24-year-old poet, short-story writer, and novelist. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Writing from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. When she was 13 years old, she was diagnosed with depressive bipolar disorder and major…
A Word from the Editor
Happy New Year! We wish all our readers and contributors all the best in 2018! Thank you for your continued support of the Same. 2017 was a wonderful year in us, in that it’s the year our journal was born! We’ve had more success than we could have dreamed of, and we are excitedly looking to…
Issue 5.1 – Nonfiction
An elastic band breaks, and in quick succession another and another and then another,stinging my fingers with their snapping, and I’m amazed to find my eyes are wet, not from the pain of the stinging, but from the pain of remembrance, that these elastics, these bits of dried and desiccated rubber have lived neglected…
Issue 5.1 – Fiction
Shireen loved to look at her husband. His charming fluffy hair, that he slicked down for work but let free when going to see friends. His warm beige skin that flushed more easily than her’s, even though she was only a few shades darker. His cheeks were reddened from the crisp October air but…
Issue 5.1 – Poetry
I stand with my dad on a patch of turnip sprouts. My aunt’s dilapidated old house is directly ahead, where just two years ago they found her dead under her old truck after roughly a month (this according to the Luzerne County Coroner) and I tell him again that he should just burn it down….
Issue 5.1 – Interview
At the Same we love connecting readers with authors, and, today, we interviewed poet, Carla Cherry. We’re excited to introduce her book Honeysuckle Me with readers around the world! the Same: Tell us about yourself! Carla Cherry: I am a 46-year-old English teacher and poet from the Bronx, New York. I am the great-great granddaughter of slaves from North Carolina and Kentucky….
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