Maybe I would have continued this way forever: working jobs that weren’t too taxing but didn’t pay enough…
How I Move by Stephanie Parent
Category: Essays
An archive of all of the personal essays we’ve published at Hippocampus Magazine over the years.
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…
Nothing New by Jim Ross
…our house served as a crash-pad for a growing number of visitors, especially as we approached the Vietnam Out Now Rally…
Navel Gazing by Emily Cluff
I have recently been accused of navel gazing. Not me specifically, but rather humanities majors in general.
I Was Expecting a Black Guy by Herb Harris
… the VP of Clinical Research looked directly at me for the first time since we sat down for the interview: “I was expecting a Black guy.”
Proof of You by Molly Thornton
I love things that show their age. I grew up in hand-me-downs…
