In the beginning, I wanted to dance. Ballet. To hear beautiful French words float off my tongue…
Buried in My Wrong Body by Christie O. Tate
Category: Essays
An archive of all of the personal essays we’ve published at Hippocampus Magazine over the years.
Eat This by Mallory Gill
It’s been a few days since the news broke of Anthony Bourdain’s suicide. This is why my boyfriend and I have come to Bun Cha Huong Lien…
Which World We’re In by Jason Schwartzman
I haven’t played pickup basketball in a long time. I work remotely for my job, and a lot of that time I just work in bed…
Fear by Marianna Marlowe
….she anxiously inquires of her in-laws what to expect—mainly, will people in Syria speak English?
The Cyclops Child by Linda Stead
I was two years old when someone first noticed the squint. Mother thought it was nothing, but Aunty continued to plead week after week.
Portraits of a Dying Day by Laura Gilkey
She can’t sleep. The full moon is irrationally bright…. It’s chilly outside. She can’t stay warm, even with central heat and double blankets.
Sights of Narrowleaf Milkweed by Adriana Gonzalez
I haven’t worked out the details on how or when he dies, but I find myself weeping as I create glittered messes after finding an old photo of him wrapped in a green scarf.
The Gospel Bus by Jessica Reed
I’m waiting … while my mama picks out my Sunday School dress. It don’t matter to me which one she chooses, cuz I hate them all.
Nickel Men by Keith Skinner
It was the whoop of joy that drew me here, a boisterous din that soared above the cartoonish chime of slot machines ….
The Book of Daniel by Louise Foster
It’s hard to know sometimes where a story begins. So instead I’ll start with the ending.
