Just the recognition of the name, the queen of synthetic opioids, fills me with anticipation, guilt, and fear.
Still Recovering: A Junkie Confession by Kerin Sommer
Interview: Elizabeth Scarboro, author of My Foreign Cities: A Memoir
My husband died at the end of January. There. I said it. … Still off-balance and only weeks after his passing, I discovered an essay, online, written Elizabeth Scarboro.
Writing Life: Fear and Writing (Agents and Critics and Commas, Oh My!) by Lisa Ahn
Last month, I broke a promise to my husband. It was a vow we’d made together, many years ago, when we swore we’d never pass our bad habits to our kids.
Review: Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World by Shereen El Feki
In her new work of literary journalism, “Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World,” Shereen El Feki tackles the hotbed topic of sexuality in the Middle East, specifically Egypt.
Review: Butterfly Tears: Stories of Entrapment to Empowerment
The stories presented in Butterfly Tears are at the same time horrific and heartwarming.
The Return of Prompts
Everyone can get involved with Hippocampus Magazine with {prompts}!
Missing Memories and Underpants by Jules Barrueco
My dad did not remember; my sister did not believe me. It was not the fuzzy family moment I was expecting.
When We Talk About Guns by James Stafford
I spent hours staring at my grandfather’s guns, wondering which ones killed soldiers and which killed the deer.
Written in Bone by Laura Spielvogel
My dad didn’t just want to play the flugelhorn, he wanted to perform on Carnegie stage; he didn’t simply tell his grandchildren bedtime stories, he self-published …
Why I Have Refrained From Burning Them by Caroline Praderio
These journals have been the friend who never rolls her eyes … the arms of my mother when she is far away.
