no. 3: Home / Body
Longform
Jersey Diner Diaries
In this appreciative and thoughtful prosaic landscape of New Jersey, two natives go back home to explore some of its diners.
Topography of a Body Burned
I’m a cartographer of my burn scars, so I know mapmaking is only fun when there are coastlines. Water is an essential element for life.
A Darker Home
The Darkest House is a book-based game about a hostile house. But what happens when not just your house, but part of your home, turns against you?
For the Face and Body
In the mirror I imagine myself beyond the ambivalent symbol staring back at me, a reproduction of my mother, and both a thesis and antithesis of who I am and want to become.
Home in “Lake No Negro”
This writer lays bare the ugly history of Oregon, Lake Oswego, and her own experiences growing up in the Pacific Northwest.
A Prayer to St. Anthony
A reflection on loss, losing, and finding anew.
Paddling Back to Blue Mind
Swimming was once the ultimate escape—until it became the ultimate embodiment of my anxiety.
Shortform
Letter from the Editor
The Woodlands Magazine invites you home.
A Brief History of Trees in Philadelphia
The Philly Tree Plan was a report issued by the City of Philadelphia in February, 2023. This poem was inside.
The Woodlands 