My mother looks at me funny, as if I’ve just spoken French, as if I’m asking her to prepare chocolate ganache or créme brulée…
In My Mother’s Kitchen by Patricia Smith
Category: Essays
An archive of all of the personal essays we’ve published at Hippocampus Magazine over the years.
My Face is a Problem by Susan Young
The last thing I remember is watching the froth spill over the top of a fresh pint glass on the sticky bar…
Cold Fusion and the Poochie Overnighter: An Essay About Infertility by Jen Minarik
…to understand how I feel about my infertility, you have to know about two things: the Poochie Overnighter, and Cold Fusion.
The Wanderer by Simchi Cohen
Sixteen years ago I left my ultra-Orthodox Jewish family: my father, the community Rabbi, my mother…
The Whale by Kat Read
The day I went to see the whale, I was on the deck of a small vessel off the coast of Kaikōura, New Zealand.
Everything Looks Normal by Rhea DeRose-Weiss
These are the ways in which we fail the Baltimore Harbor aquarium test: One, we despise children.
Another A&P (My Apologies to John Updike) by Diane Gottlieb
In walks Lenny, a big hulk of a man in his forties, I think, but it’s hard for me to tell.
Raccoon Olympics by Anna Chotlos
I’m eleven years old, wearing a hand-me-down tie-dye t-shirt way too big for me…
Yearnings by Mary Alice Hostetter
That summer, if you counted my parents and older sister, nine of us still lived at home.
Up in Naknek by John A. Hansen
Often, we don’t see your faces. Bandanas protect noses, cheeks, lips from the dry chill, from the salt in the air…
