Vanessa Aricco

Smash Therapy

Inspired by an exercise her therapist gave her, Thea goes to estate sales to buy fine china to smash. Small plates rimmed in gold, porcelain tea cups once gripp...
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Vanessa Aricco

Vanessa Aricco is a writer and performance artist living in Kansas City. She is a recipient of the 2025 Charlotte Street Foundation Generative Performing Artist Award. She has released three poetry albums and other writing can be found at Expat Press, Hobart, Rejection Letters, The New Territory, and Hot Pink Magazine. Follow her ongoing hula hooping series, Hip Meditations, on Instagram @hoopinblack. Visit her website for more, vanessaaricco.com.