photo by Grace Coughlan…
Back from summer break, we’re excited to start reading your submissions! To get a sense of what we’re looking for, read our 2018-19 print edition. It’s now online. Click on this ugly link to start reading our beautiful issue: http://webapps.towson.edu/ec/publications/grubstreet/2019/issue1/index.html…
I was born to be gawked at and lauded: “How pretty!” they say, and I grit my teeth, my multi- cultural smile hiding fangs as they marvel at my skin. This body of intertwining complexity confounds them, so I prepare to be seen in…
Tattooing is a body modification in which ink is embedded into the dermis using a needle. The epidermis, in time, heals over its now-modified counterpart, trapping the ink in the body. Done correctly–and I have managed to do it incorrectly–tattoos are permanent. The oldest…