South of Forgiveness: A True Story of Rape and Responsibility is a remarkable experience. A catharsis. A symbiosis of grief and joy
Review: South of Forgiveness: A True Story of Rape and Responsibility by Thordis Elva and Tom Stranger
Review: Golden State 2017: The Best New Writing from California by Lisa Locascio
In 28 separate tales, Locascio’s selections cover a spectrum of races and nationalities, heroes and villains, sexes and orientations, and family relations.
Review: Japanese Girl at the Siege of Changchun: How I Survived China’s Wartime Atrocity by Homare Endo
Not a day goes by that China is not mentioned on American news broadcasts or headlines. Most of these stories extol China’s economic growth, scientific innovations, or forward-looking president.
Review: The Business of Broadway: An Insider’s Guide to Working, Producing, and Investing in the World’s Greatest Theatre Community by Mitch Weiss and Perri Gaffney
Behind every great Broadway star is roughly 40 million other people making it happen: Wardrobe, makeup, sound, lighting design…
Small Offerings by Jen Grow
In 1995, I was living in a tent in the southern Appalachians trying to stay sober. I was twenty-eight years old, working at a camp for the summer, keeping notes of it all.
The Bolan Mail by Roberto Loiederman
The train runs once per day in each direction. It carries mail, packages, cargo, and passengers, who have the option of sleeper class, sleeper class with air conditioning, and— cheapest of all—economy class, which was what I took in 1973…
The Key Chain by Jennifer Fliss
On my Christmas tree hangs a key chain masquerading as an ornament. It is a small red, white, and blue beaded dog. The colors aren’t Christmasy…
The Lost Art by Scott Loring Sanders
We’d been visiting our son in Arkansas and were now on Highway 69 near Atoka, Oklahoma, heading south. That’s when I noticed the inconspicuous sign.
Bus Ride with Violins by David Daniel
I decided to take a city bus, something I rarely did…. most of the places I needed to go to I could walk, and besides, I had a car.
Hot has a Smell in the Desert by Jaclyn Maria Fowler
I run a school in the desert. The United Arab Emirates hired me, an English-speaking, pseudo-Catholic from a foreign country, and put me in charge of their children.
