Earlier, in class, the teacher had been screaming at us about our stomachs.
Seeing Bone by Emma Bruce
Category: Essays
An archive of all of the personal essays we’ve published at Hippocampus Magazine over the years.
How to Preserve a Body by Lauren Cross
Wayside crosses often serve as markers to represent dangerous places.
Lên Nước by Agnes Tran
Buddha’s first teachings started with the Four Noble Truths. But the first of my four noble lies started with pig’s blood.
The Gradual Extinction of Softness by Chantha Nguon with Kim Green
The first time I cooked rice by myself, at five years old, I burned it to a tarry blackness.
A Darkness to Slice Through: A Night With my Grandfather by Gary Smothers
Every house on this street — boxy and small — is exactly the same….
Last Shot by Joey Garcia
Clyde angles his muscular shoulder in front of mine, forcing me to stop and let him push the gym door open…
You People by Karen Green
I hold the green plastic basket like a blockade between us. I won’t reach out. We’re not allowed to touch….
Farm Road 1623 by Hannah Smothers
I’m taking the long way to Austin…cutting northwest up 71, a highway so beautiful there’s a whole song about it….
Access by Kathryn Fitzpatrick
The first time I didn’t belong, I was enrolled in a summer program at Monkey Business Children’s Gym.
Little House in the Redwoods by Sherry Shahan
In 1959, Daddy drives a short-bed pickup. I’m 10 years old, barely a head above the door handle.
