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Stories Set in Stone: Fossils of Love, War, and Motherhood
So welcome to Stories Set in Stone, where I will be showing you tonight the fossilized stories of love, war, and motherhood. Misery Makes...
Jaypee Michael Barba
Dec 17, 20226 min read


When You Look at the Body With Love
you will find that it is made to be at ease. there is a home for the head in an embrace, a gentle respite in the crevice of another's...
Jaypee Michael Barba
Dec 5, 20221 min read


Somewhere Farther than the Universe
Good morning, Ms. Duck. And good morning, Mr. Fox. I have a question! And I have a lesson. Let’s hear yours first. Oh, but what about...
Jaypee Michael Barba
Nov 11, 20223 min read


Made of the Months
I had a boyfriend once. Tan skin, not very tall, had black hair that looked sort of curly on those lazy Monday mornings. I was always the...
Jaypee Michael Barba
Nov 11, 20228 min read


Chasing Sunsets and Other Impossible Things
It was a chilly afternoon in Kalibo. Colder than usual. So cold we had the windows down, and the scents of sea salt and sand invited...
Jaypee Michael Barba
Nov 11, 20226 min read


Clones Do Not Age
I woke up under a ceiling that’s become all too familiar. An all-white room lit by fluorescent bright enough to just about burns my...
Jaypee Michael Barba
Nov 11, 20225 min read


To Mangit
You were but a tiny thing when I first found you—a gold-gilded kitten covered in crumbs of dust and dirt. Tiny enough to squeal in the...
Jaypee Michael Barba
Nov 11, 20222 min read


Oaths Made in Eden
I will kiss you till my lips run thin, Until our skin comes undone We shall commit our mortal sin beneath the orange sun We are the...
Jaypee Michael Barba
Nov 11, 20221 min read
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