Halloween may have come and gone, but you can still trick-or-treat with Nefertiti Asanti’s October issue flash “lil miss jackson.” Here Nefertiti shares just one thing about the piece.

Mel Brooks once said that “humor is just another defense against the universe.” Jeremy Radin’s October issue poem “Funny Fat Guy Origin Story” is a vivid example of that. Here Jeremy shares just one thing about his piece.

In his book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, sociologist Matthew Desmond asserts that “the home is the wellspring of personhood.” Ra’Niqua Lee’s October issue story “Eviction Sounds Like This” embodies that idea. Here Ra’Niqua shares just one thing about her piece.

David Byron Queen’s September issue story “Fantastic” is quite a whirlwind—and given what David shares here for our Just One Thing feature, that impression makes a lot of sense.

Sometimes it seems too easy to describe a piece of writing as powerful, but Rui-Yang Peng’s September issue memoir “Picasso Face” is just that. Here she shares just one thing about the piece.

If you’ve read our September issue, you’ve surely noticed Jason R. Montgomery’s vibrant artwork splashed across the homepage. Here Jason shares just one thing about “Not Medicine.”

Darrell Grayson and Michael Donald—the men featured in Cree Pettaway’s September issue flash “Yellow Mama, Take Me Home”—were both real people. Darrell Grayson was executed in 2007 for murder, despite his pleas for a DNA test that may have proven his innocence; Michael Donald was one of the last reported lynchings in the United States, in 1981. Here Cree shares just one thing about her piece.

Jahan Khajavi’s September issue poem “37 Ways to Clean Cum from a Suede Shirt” may be the only ghazal we’ve ever published—and we’re pretty excited about it! Here Jahan shares just one thing about the piece.