Category: Essays

An archive of all of the personal essays we’ve published at Hippocampus Magazine over the years.

I’m reading an article about Seattle’s plan to be the first U.S. city to implement a safe injection site.

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.

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?

I’ve been here for three days and I can already see why D.H. Lawrence fell in love with the area…

…our house served as a crash-pad for a growing number of visitors, especially as we approached the Vietnam Out Now Rally…

I have recently been accused of navel gazing. Not me specifically, but rather humanities majors in general.

… 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.”

I love things that show their age. I grew up in hand-me-downs…

he scissors are Fiskars, the only brand my grandmother would ever touch.

The check comes with fresh drinks, and when I reach into my back pocket, it’s empty.

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