Spring—a notoriously elusive season—has finally arrived. The two pieces our team has chosen tell stories reminiscent of this time of year: they are stories of transition, of a movement from innocence to awareness of the world in a new way. What is the internal logic within coming of age into adulthood? How would you complete the sentence: nobody told me as a child that… These stories consider these questions with alarming clarity, a downpour on a clear day.

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