*Aromatica Poetica is extremely pleased to present a personal essay about the tastes and smells and feels of young love by Caitlin Hernandez. It’s the last in our Blind Writers Project series sponsored by Awesome Foundation Disability* In a way, it all started with that trip to Safeway, to the chocolate pie mix you saw on sale. My birthday was over a month away, but you insisted on buying the easy-to-make dessert for me. “An early birthday present,” you called …
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“Date Night, Day Camp” by Kira Grunenberg
*Aromatica Poetica is delighted to present Kira Grunenberg’s personal essay that will make your mouth water as part of our Blind Writers Project series sponsored by Awesome Foundation Disability* The weekend’s trek for inspiration and ingredients was one devised with relative spontaneity. No, this wasn’t a jaunt to the local chain grocery. This was a drive to another county, to explore a still relatively new location for the Korean shop, H Mart – a chain I had only otherwise visited …
“Stench No. 7” by Jim Knipfel
*Aromatica Poetica is honored to present Jim Knipfel’s true story of chasing smell as the first in our Blind Writers Project series, made possible by a generous grant from Awesome Foundation Disability* It was around quarter to seven on a bright and warm July morning in 1996. I’d just dragged myself out of the 23rd Street subway station in Manhattan on my way to work, and was waiting to cross Broadway. Thanks to the Associated Blind apartment building down the …