Literature
Chasing Katisha
Chasing Katisha
by Shannon Hilson
Katisha likes to think of herself as a puzzle she has yet to solve, a breathing conundrum constructed of delicate, jewel-like layers artfully assembled and infinite in number. Each time she peels away one of these layers in order to better behold the one beneath, she gives herself a new name. In years past by use of this method, she has interwoven with her own persona that of a sharpened killing dagger, a seldom-seen and rarely mentioned species of shark, a faceless heroine from a well-known poem, and numerous reflections of deities from long-dead religions. These days she identifies most strongly with a bi