A Plate of Pandemic
Published Quarterly on the Solstices and Equinoxes
Creativity in Times of Crisis
Angela Pupino grew up in Ohio's Mahoning Valley and now lives in Washington, DC. Her nonfiction has appeared in The Nation, Epiphany, Fatal Flaw, and Belt Publishing's LGBTQ anthology. In her free time, you can find her reading at the Lincoln Memorial and teaching a chaotic Sunday school class.
In the summer of 2021, Pastor Ali teaches me how to prune tomato plants. “The trick,” she informs me, “is to remove the suckers.” The suckers grow between the stem and branches of the tomato plant. Shoots that grow there cannot produce tomatoes, but they can steal nutrients from the rest of the […]