Way up in the Bronx is the Emerald, a broken-down old Irish bar…around the corner from the American Legion Hall where the plasterers’ monthly union meetings are held.
The Hall by Darryl Graff
The Sparrow’s Nest by Emily Rich
Mom started disappearing around the time I entered third grade: not all the time, just every once in awhile, every six weeks or so.
Gun-Sitting by Sue Repko
It was a Saturday morning … and I was in a community art school, awaiting the arrival of a handful of seventh-grade students in the fledgling PILOT program—Pottstown Influential Leaders of Tomorrow.
Interview: Jamie Brickhouse, author of Dangerous When Wet: A Memoir of Booze, Sex, and My Mother
Jamie, a native of Beaumont, Texas, spent nearly two decades working on the other side of the business—as a book publicist for major houses and now as a speaker’s agent—before becoming an author himself.
Review: Fat Girl, Skinny by Amye Archer
“It was not the love of a man that drove me to finally confront my growing waistline;” Amye Archer writes, “rather, it was the leaving of one
Review: White Walls by Judy Batalion
Batalion’s relationship with her mother was thwarted by walls—both the emotional walls of dealing with her mother’s underlying illness and the physical barriers built from piles of junk.
The Writing Life: Watching the Clock by Kelly Shire
When my two children were both old enough to attend school, I was excited by the prospect of solitude and the chance to finally return to writing.
Review: Sober Stick Figure by Amber Tozer
When Amber Tozer was 13, she and her best friend crawled out a window, met two boys at the tennis courts, and passed around a bottle of bourbon until Tozer felt like a superhero.
Body Warmth by Deborah Esther Schifter
I lie against his back, my arms tucked against my chest, and feel the heft and warmth of his body.
Not Pretending by Meg Stone
In a domestic violence shelter, Christmas is the most peaceful day of the year.
