Featuring nonfiction stories from Heidi Czerwie, Emily Brisse, GL Lomax, David Olimpio, Donald Edem Quist, and Rose Michelle Young. Nonfiction stories about the connection between a mother and adoptive parents, an individual's encounter with patients battling with AIDs, a coming of age story of a teen and his neighbor, among many other true stories told without shame. Photo essay by Michele Wysocki and artwork by Alan Pocaro.