Editorial

Letter from the Poetry Editor

Poetry Issue #8: Rest & Recovery August 19th, 2021 Letter from the Poetry Editor: Keeping It Going by Steve Granzyk The poems fulfilling this issue’s theme of rest and recovery feature both the challenging struggles we face from injuries and illnesses of mind and body and the many sources of strength and restoration that help us revive from what ails us. These are the yin and the yang of healthcare: all the ills flesh is heir ...

Editorial Issue #8: Rest & Recovery August 19th, 2021 August 19th, 2021 Editorial Letter from the Editor | Tracy Granzyk Letter from the Poetry Editor | Steve Granzyk Letter from the Guest Nonfiction Editor | Brenda Arthur Letter from the Guest Fiction Editor | Barbara Riddle

Letter from the Guest Fiction Editor

Fiction Issue #7: Mental Health April 15th, 2021 Letter from the Guest Fiction Editor: Picking Up the Pieces by Barbara Riddle f you are reading this, you have survived a year like no other in American history. Political upheaval, a global pandemic that is far from over—and yet, some certainties prevail. We need each other, the human connection, art. More than ever before, we need to find ways to come together, to create healing tools as ...

Letter from the Editor

Editorial Issue #7: Mental Health April 15th, 2021 Letter from the Editor: The Power of Narrative in Mental Health Awareness by Tracy Granzyk ccording to the National Alliance on Mental Health, 20 percent of adults in the US experience a mental health condition, but less than half receive treatment. Lack of dedicated health policy, inequities in access and quality of care, fear of stigmatization, and mistrust or bad experiences when seeking care all contribute to the ...

Letter from the Poetry Editor

Poetry Issue #7: Mental Health April 15th, 2021 Letter from the Poetry Editor: The Search for Peace by Steve Granzyk In thinking about the human power to influence mental and emotional health, I recalled Gretel Erlich’s book A Match to the Heart. After fully recovering from a heart issue related to a lightning strike, she decided to shadow her cardiologist on his rounds. As the doctor talked to one patient in his bed, Erlich observed the ...

Mental Health Awareness Contest Winners

Contest Issue #7: Mental Health April 15th, 2021 April 15th, 2021 2021 Mental Health Awareness Writing Contest NONFICTION Winner Bipolarations | David Martinez Runner-Up Sorrow: Surviving a Son’s Suicide | Susan Wight FICTION Winner The Gravity of Adrianne Lane | Rhonda Zimlich Runner-Up When We Meet Again | Oreoluwa Oladimeji POETRY Winner Grace and Grit | Emily Boshkoff

Editorial

Editorial Issue #7: Mental Health April 15th, 2021 April 15th, 2021 Editorial Letter from the Editor | Tracy Granzyk Letter from the Guest Fiction Editor | Barbara Riddle Letter from the Poetry Editor | Steve Granzyk

Editorial

Editorial Issue #6: Bias November 20th, 2020 November 20th, 2020 Editorial Letter from the Editor | Tracy Granzyk Letter from the Guest Fiction Editor | Barbara Riddle Letter from the Poetry Editor | Steve Granzyk

Letter from the Editor

Editorial Issue #6: Bias November 20th, 2020 November 20th, 2020 Letter from the Editor: Taking Responsibility by Tracy Granzyk earching for meaning in a year in which so much has been taken from us, I have found light and inspiration working with authors, artists, and colleagues to complete this issue. This year has forced many of us to slow down, evaluate our priorities, and search for ways to help unite a deeply divided country. For me, 2020 ...

Letter from the Fiction Editor

Fiction Issue #6: Bias November 20th, 2020 November 20th, 2020 Letter from the Fiction Editor: Bias by Barbara Riddle ur hope for this issue of Please See Me is to share narratives that will move our readers to access and examine some of their deepest personal assumptions and motivate them to act on their highest and best human impulses. To understand that they are not alone, but can face and combat bias in any form as part ...