Mist hung over the green-blue water of the McKenzie, hiding the boat-ramp from the island of rocks….
Socks by Joe Kapitan
The visitation room at Highland Springs is packed by the time I arrive.
Socks by Joe Kapitan
Fishing Lessons by Michael Copperman
This House is a Body, This Body is a Home by Joanna Rotkin
The Last Snowstorm by Katerina Smith
Fishing Lessons by Michael Copperman
Mist hung over the green-blue water of the McKenzie, hiding the boat-ramp from the island of rocks….
This House is a Body, This Body is a Home by Joanna Rotkin
The doctor sat on the edge of the hospital bed and said, “Glen, you have a tumor in your brain.”
The Last Snowstorm by Katerina Smith
Do it.” You hand me the shaver and kneel, facing away from the mirror.
CREATIVE NONFICTION
Fishing Lessons by Michael Copperman
Moose Parts by Sandra Carlson Khalil
There’s an island in the middle of Lake Superior that’s home to moose and wolves. I spent a week there once….
The Last Snowstorm by Katerina Smith
Do it.” You hand me the shaver and kneel, facing away from the mirror.
This House is a Body, This Body is a Home by Joanna Rotkin
The doctor sat on the edge of the hospital bed and said, “Glen, you have a tumor in your brain.”
The Monitor Keeps Perfect Time by Robin Koczerginski
Bodies sweep in, gloves snap, lights flare, and someone says she’s ten centimeters….
Fistful of Flowers by Jane Wren
When I first learned that pain could look like love, it arrived in the form of a man who sent roses and left bruises.
The Return Pantry by Amy Grace McLean
When I remember wanting, I remember shoes.
Identity on the Rocks by Aubrey Rebecca
“So, you just travel around the world rock climbing?” a voice behind me asks.
Blue Light by Erin Jean
I shouldn’t be here and I know it.
REVIEWS
REVIEW: The Light Between Apple Trees by Priyanka Kumar
…part botany and zoology, part ecology and climate, and part loving portrait of the author’s life…
REVIEW: Tell Me How You Eat: Food, Power, and the Will to Live by Amber Husain
A full spectrum of eating styles gets put under a microscope….
REVIEW: Hit Repeat Until I Hate Music: The March Xness Anthology, Edited by Ander Monson and Megan Campbell
This anthology showcases the very best writing about the very best songs.
REVIEW: The Badge Between Us: Duty, Marriage, and Family by Terrence P Dwyer
The Badge Between Us courageously confronts institutional problems embedded in the culture/career of policing.
REVIEW: Backtalker: An American Memoir by Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
… it was transformative to read the journey of the scholar who coined the terms “intersectionality.”
REVIEW: Western Star: The Life and Legends of Larry McMurtry by David Streitfeld
…an entertaining and affectionate, though unsentimental, examination of a complicated writer with a complicated career…
REVIEW: This Land is Your Land: A Road Trip Through U.S. History by Beverly Gage
… Gage sets out on a journey of epic proportions, visiting thirteen different destinations in pursuit of answering a question once posed by Benjamin Franklin…
REVIEW: The Allure of Elsewhere: A Memoir of Going Solo by Karen Babine
I felt a deep kinship with Babine as I read
REVIEW: Healing Through Wonder: How Awe Restores Us Through Trauma and Loss by Val Walker
Walker’s book makes an argument for wonder because it can actually help survivors of many life circumstances.
REVIEW: When Longing Becomes Your Lover by Amanda McCracken
[Amanda] has just been introduced to the term limerence — an intense infatuation, an obsessiveness, or an unfulfilled longing…
REVIEW: No Contact: Writers on Estrangement, Edited by Jenny Bartoy
I’ve been in group therapy, officially, twice in my life. I count reading No Contact as an unofficial third round.
INTERVIEWS
INTERVIEW: A Conversation with Brenda Miller, Author of Love You, Bye: A Daughter’s Journey in Essays and Poems
We need very specific and personal stories more than ever, and we need new forms to keep developing and evolving.
INTERVIEW: Jayne Anne Phillips, Author of Small Town Girls: A Writer’s Memoir
As for the question of small-town girls, they are underestimated.
INTERVIEW: Mandi Fugate Sheffel, Author of The Nature of Pain: Roots, Recovery & Redemption Amid the Opioid Crisis
Talking about my name gave me an entry point to describe my parents and my crippling shyness.
INTERVIEW: Emily Rapp Black, Author of I Would Die If I Were You: Notes on Art and Truth-Telling
If you didn’t love, you wouldn’t grieve.
INTERVIEW: Sarah Hoover, Author of The Motherload: Episodes from the Brink of Motherhood
Postpartum depression (PPD) is so stark — I thought my story would be more compelling if there were some entertainment value to it as well.
