INTERVIEW: Susan Mailer, author of In Another Place: With and Without My Father, Norman Mailer October 1, 2019 I decided to write a personal vignette that would shed light on an unknown aspect of my father’s life. Immediately, I remembered those months Dad had spent in Mexico when I was a small child and had taken me to the bullfights Read full story →
Passing the Torch: Introducing Our New Writing Life Editor, Kristen Paulson-Nguyen September 25, 2019 Editing is not about someone who is smarter or better giving someone else advice. It’s about communicating…. Read full story →
Hippocampus Family & Alumni Updates: September 2019 September 17, 2019 At Hippocampus Magazine, we enjoy staying in touch with our contributors; here are some updates. Read full story →
Review: The Red Ribbon: A Memoir of Lightning and Rebuilding After Loss by Nancy Freund Bills September 16, 2019 The memoir’s inciting incident is the death of her estranged husband who is struck by lightning while boating. Read full story →
REVIEW: All the Women in My Family Sing: Women Write the World: Essays on Equality, Justice, and Freedom edited by Deborah Santana September 16, 2019 Editor Deborah Santana compiles work from an ensemble of invigorating women. Read full story →
Review: The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out by William Dameron September 16, 2019 William Dameron writes, “Conversion therapy doesn’t always occur at a facility. Often, it takes place at the dining-room table.” Read full story →
Review: Gray Is The New Black: A Memoir of Self-Acceptance by Dorothy Rice September 16, 2019 Allowing her hair to go grey is only the beginning of Rice’s quest for self-acceptance and self-forgiveness. Read full story →
Everything Looks Normal by Rhea DeRose-Weiss September 9, 2019 These are the ways in which we fail the Baltimore Harbor aquarium test: One, we despise children. Read full story →
Immortal Acts by Paul Van Dyke September 9, 2019 I believe in the moon landing. That while the rest of the world gazed into the sable night, spacemen bounded untethered of planetary gravity. Read full story →
Smoke by Mandie Caroll September 9, 2019 I don’t like football, but I want my dad to like me, so I stay. I am six. Read full story →