This Issue

May/June 2011

Who am I? That's a question we all wrestle with. Reina in "The Beautiful One Has Come" is Japanese, but she identifies with Queen Nefertiti and ancient Egypt. Nick in "Meat Raffle" has his harrowing "coming-out" moment--only not in quite the way you'd expect. "Unstable" shows Turtle, a girl who sees herself as an equestrian even when no one else does, while Danny and Rene in "The Thing About Swing" check each other out in the Suds-All-Night Laundromat. Who is he? Who is she? The answers surprise them both.

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