Self-discovery, self-analysis and the search for a true self all infuse the Summer, 2023 issue of Diamonds in the Rough. Our essays explore the urge to collect things, a longing to figure out the motives of a younger self, and the pitfalls writers face in approaching life writing. Short stories re-create a doomed evening in a club, a break-up and a moment in the lives of the one percent. A book review praises Jennette McCurdy’s tell-all memoir, I’m Glad My Mom Died, and poems from students as well as a Ukrainian lawyer express a myriad of emotions. We’re fortunate to share a number of images and photos as well.
Essays and Short Stories
A Flock of Seabirds Or I Am Human, Therefore I Collect (by Tina Wolf)
Stoked, a Short Story (by Paula Ingerfeld)
To the Younger Me (by Katja Kramer)
One for the Vine – Writing the Story of Your Life (by Christian Krumm)
Jennette McCurdy’s “I’m Glad My Mom Died” Is a Masterpiece (by Ronja Iding)
The One Per Cent (Flash Fiction) (by Melissa Knox-Raab)
Poems, Art, Photography
Sun Eater / Grandmother (by Corinna Schroll)
Melodies of Bygone Memories (by Christina Brauer)
Photography by Wiktoria Lewinska
Editor: Melissa Knox-Raab
Read more of her writing here: https://melissaknox.com
Web Design: Corinna Schroll
Editorial board: Christina Brauer, Ronja Iding, Katja Kramer, Corinna Schroll, Tina Wolf, Zohra Hassan-Pieper.