The day I went to see the whale, I was on the deck of a small vessel off the coast of Kaikōura, New Zealand.
The Whale by Kat Read
Category: Essays
An archive of all of the personal essays we’ve published at Hippocampus Magazine over the years.
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…
Body Braille by Dorothy Rice
You climb into bed, plump your three pillows, pick up your phone and begin to scroll, chuckling from time to time…
Potatoes and Carrots, or How I Found My Soul in Nineteen Prayers by Debi Lewis
The tools of my most potent ritual practice are laid out before me: peeler, knife, cutting board…
Winter Soliloquy by Kelly Fig Smith
These winter days I expend energy fooling myself into thinking I’m content. That I enjoy it, the oppressive dark, the bitter cold.
Jewel Thief by Hannah Austin
There’s an old adage in AA that, before embarking on a romantic relationship, recovering addicts should get a houseplant….
