Twenty-One Birthdays Author|Mary-Kim Arnold transform the mundane into the

transform the mundane into the otherworldly

' Thomas Becknell draws on personal experience

Find out if the stress in your relationships with family friends or at work is unknowingly caused from narcissism in yourself or others

" -Norbert Z&aumlhringer Die Welt

but to interpret its silences through the lens of poetic imagination

Twenty-One Birthdays Author|Mary-Kim Arnold transform the mundane into theHalf of the people imprisoned in America are parents, which means over two million children grow up with their parents in cages. In his essay, Twenty One Birthdays, Kennedy Amenya Gisege celebrates a lifetime of birthdays separated from his daughter. Each year, he makes a quiet offering to a photo on the wall. The years accumulate until, at last, she is grown and he remains behind bars. Tender, heart wrenching, and loving, Gisege's work illuminates