It’s the summer you turn thirteen when we travel to Prague to visit our ancestors.
Thirteen by Claire Sicherman
Category: Essays
An archive of all of the personal essays we’ve published at Hippocampus Magazine over the years.
Wild Medicine by Rachel Bunting
This hawk is the first really wild thing I have touched.
Call Me Master by Kate Sheridan
He ate mustard straight from the jar, guzzling big sloppy spoonfuls like they were chocolate.
Daddy Doesn’t Do Courthouses by Stuart Horwitz
I was a waiter. Well, really, I was a writer.
How I Move by Stephanie Parent
Maybe I would have continued this way forever: working jobs that weren’t too taxing but didn’t pay enough…
Her Legacy by Sheila Monaghan
The only thing she loves more than jewelry is babies. That’s the running joke among my seven siblings and me…
The Space Between Us by Tiffany Mathewson
I’m reading an article about Seattle’s plan to be the first U.S. city to implement a safe injection site.
I Play With Balls by Paul Crenshaw
It always comes down to who is doing the naming. And if it’s a bunch of boys in 8th grade, you might want to step back, cover your ears.
A Union Like Ours by Scott Bane
My strange weakness baffled my doctor. I was an otherwise healthy, fit, 38-year-old… my final semester in graduate school… maybe I was just tired?
A Summer in Taos by Kareem Tayyar
I’ve been here for three days and I can already see why D.H. Lawrence fell in love with the area…
