Editor’s note: Please note that this autobiographical piece by one of our staff writers contains mature themes that involve mentions of depres- sion, suicide, racism, sub- stance abuse, nudity, prison, and sexual assault.. I was not trying to commit suicide, I just wanted to see if I could be hurt. Continue Reading

My father’s hand went cold in mine and I watched him turn blue. I was23 years old and my father had been suffering from kidney failure for some years. He was on his way to Boston to stay with my older brother. He decided to leave out of Los AngelesContinue Reading