Joanna leaned towards Professor Hansen who’d been explaining solar particles colliding with earth’s gases to her. She was holding a book, a children’s book. She quickly flipped open to a specific page she had seen for decades. She pointed to the penguin on that page…

A young Muslim girl wearing a white hijab with white powder and Yòrubá tribal marks on her face

Few experiences in life are more leveling than a language class, where people’s previous identities are mysteriously replaced by characters and coping mechanisms worthy of a Swedish crime drama…