Terry approached with a greasy plastic tub of Vaseline. “To avoid cuts,” he explained…
The Real Boxer by Meghan MacNamara
Category: Memoir
Our archive of past pieces that are part of a larger work of creative nonfiction. Note that as of 2021 we no longer categorize pieces as “memoir.” We use only “essay” and flash” now. We kept this in our menu for historical purposes.
Apoptosis by Genevieve Anna Tyrrell
I need to know: Where does my soul go when I black out? The pain in my head, the cold concrete floor mashed into my face soaked in a puddle of my own drool, the fuzzy nature of the world…
Fits and Starts by Matthew Zanoni Müller
The first couple years we were in America I refused to leave the house without my parents or at least my older brother.
Almost Martyred for the Wrong Faith by Ian Rastall
Dr. Patel thought the Baha’i book I lugged through the psych ward all day was a Qur’an. So did the young Lutheran minister …
Laughing in Navajo: My Journey to the Rez by Dorothy Brooks
I’d plopped myself down almost two-thousand miles from my snug Midwestern life on a sight-unseen Navajo Reservation in the Four Corners area of northwest New Mexico.
Shattered by the Wars (an excerpt) by Hi-Dong Chai
The marching North Korean soldiers, with their machine-like precision and with rifles on their shoulders, were gone.
On Becoming a Saint by Colleen O’Neill
When I was seven years old, I almost become a saint, and it was all Sister Agatha’s fault.
The Road to Versailles by Suzanne Kamata
The city of Takarazuka, or at least the theater and its environs, has to be one of the girliest destinations in all of Japan…
Chapter One: Foraged Love by Alexandra Risen
A plastic bag sat on the top shelf, near the back. It contained large, shiny-white ladies underwear … “Is this a gift for someone, Mom?” I asked. “Oh,” she said. “That’s for my funeral. Make sure you don’t lose it.”
Minutes from Savannah by Kelly Flick
My family plot at the Catholic cemetery is nearly full but until recently, contained no headstones.
