One of the many startling things about writer and performer Lisa Carver is her willingness to speak candidly with total strangers who fixate on her from afar.
Interview: A Conversation with Lisa Carver, author of 25 Lives
Contributor Updates: August 2015
Christine Hale’s memoir (retitled) A Piece of Sky, A Grain of Rice is forthcoming from Apprentice House (April 2016). In this layered collage of memory within memory, Hale recreates for readers her kaleidoscopic experience of acceptance and insight along a broken path. Writer, prodigal daughter, single parent, Buddhist disciple, and, late in midlife, a newlywed,…
Blue-Eyed Devil by Jenny Cutler Lopez
I failed a homeless girl on the coast of India. No one knows. Not even the girl.
Split End by Kirsten Voris
I watched the sunlight slide along the wall and considered other jobs I might apply for. Around its zenith, the sun illuminated a hair.
BKK by Leigh Hellman
I …exited the subway station … walking the way that Chicago raised me to. Eyes forward: cold, glassy, seeing everything and noticing no one. No smile, no teeth.
The Other F Word by Elane Johnson
Serial cheating on most of my husbands? A handful of suicide attempts? Shopping at Walmart? Check, check and check. But there is one…guilty pleasure I’ve guarded with my life.
Dick Jokes and Dirty Puns by Dana Sitar
It started during my divorce. I was lonely and bored and needed a cheap pick-me-up before I could go home after work.
No One’s There to Catch You When You Fall by Terry Barr
Stopping at Publix, in that day’s plan anyway, offered the opportunity for a meal. An unwise, unplanned, and definitely irregular meal.
The Lengths I’d Grow for You by Emily Nelms
After spending almost half of my Saturday bringing its color back to life, I was not looking forward to the extra hour that would be needed to trim the abundant mass of hair on my head.
The Erection Question by Liz Prato
Here’s the tricky part of the whole “sex isn’t a part of therapeutic massage” paradigm: humans are sexual beings.
