*We are delighted to present our first-ever fan fiction! Written in response to “Restoring the Effigy,” by M. Leona Godin. “The Whole Entire World Ever” is a prequel written from the point of view of Effie’s little girl Artemis on their mother-daughter trip to San Francisco. Leona admits to tucking in an embellishment or two amongst Caitlin’s beautiful words* Last year, I had the best hairstyles of anyone in first grade. Mom can do hair a bazillion different ways, …
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Three Olfaction Poems by Gerard Sarnat MD
Can You Imagine What a Battlefield Smells Like? Helen’s nascent protuberance & morningsickness mousily besought Uncle to shimmythrough his packed furnace room clutterto sniff for the clue why she wanted to puke. Obliging her face that could launch a thousand ships,I tripped on barbells turning over a discarded radiatorwhich held sweaty exercise gear + a moldy jock —until one sock got caught in some mystery muck. Both light bulbs burned out, my left sock limpedback into the civilization of my …
James Holman: Son of Apothecary Turned World Famous Blind Traveler
” If you wished to voyage the world in a mindflight instant,” writes James Holman’s biographer, “you needed only to step into the Exeter establishment of John Holman, Chymist & Surgeon, close your eyes, and breathe deep the mingled scents of all known continents. It was an apothecary in the very latest mercantile fashion, selling not only medicinal products but just about anything that could be powdered, dried, or otherwise prepared for transport from afar. Cayenne pepper and soy from …
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