I am a diamond
brilliant
stunning
sharp—at the edges, unyielding core.
I am a diamond
birthed from pressure, surfaced from an eruption.
I am a diamond
brilliant
stunning.
I am a diamond
brilliant
stunning
sharp—at the edges, unyielding core.
I am a diamond
birthed from pressure, surfaced from an eruption.
I am a diamond
brilliant
stunning.
Sonia Chintha is an Indian American writer who lives in the Washington DC area. She blogs, writes poetry, and fiction. She is also an English teacher who believes that our experiences teach us more than any test. She is the founder and co-editor of Good Little Girls.




For N’s final graduation lunch, we went to Penang (a Malaysian restaurant in Chinatown). Penang is this little gem in Chinatown that no one talks
After an entire semester during which we battled: you versus me, debating every minute point till we were both left exhausted and empty After what

Illustration by Jill Kimura Scream: Who is: Woman by Sonia Chintha “Who is: Woman” has been a labor of resilience. This issue comes in the