Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met.

a horseshoe shovelSomething precious, pink shimmer of quartz in rough earth—precious glimmerseed of memory. No lie, things have been rough.Pink-cheeked fever, clustered stab of pain. But I’ve found…

I am crying as I place the last image on this feature: a picture of two white gloved hands holding up a child’s shoe to be photographed.

The tree is topless, all trunk.Its body cuts open to the sky,slit running up most its lengthlike a dress designed to surprise,when moving, with a delight of thigh.I don’t regret the college boys Ididn...