"Between the half-healed calf and the sleep deprivation and the ice-pick sensation in her back, she knew it’d be imprudent to lace up her sneakers."
"The Back Meets the Nose" tackles running and Russian lit in Issue 31. Read Emily Nemens' masterful essay below:
EMILY NEMENS <br> Unable to run, she walked across reclaimed meadows in her new town, watching hawks dive from the sky. She finished writing a book while sprawled on her belly. She had lost something…