As a high school junior, I owned more than fifteen-hundred movies on videocassette.
Be Kind, Rewind by Ed Doerr
Category: Essays
An archive of all of the personal essays we’ve published at Hippocampus Magazine over the years.
Ticket to Ride by Gail Griffin
“You saw the Beatles?” I did. “For four dollars?” Which my mother paid. “How old were you?” Fourteen at the concert.
What to Keep by Cindy Carlson
The shredder’s appetite is insatiable. The more I feed it, the more it whines.
Fragments by Maria Browning
In my bedroom there is a bright blue plastic bin that holds the ashes of five dogs….
My Beautiful Machine by Richard Goodman
In 1964, my uncle Bob, the sweetest of my three uncles, gave me a Smith Corona Galaxie II manual typewriter….
Artifacts by Mark Liebenow
A month after Ev’s death, still in shock that someone in her 40s could die without warning, I sit in the silence of a house emptied of her voice.
The Swing by Ruth Kogen Goodwin
As a newborn, my daughter hated being static. Whether bouncing, rocking, jiggling, or swinging, she made clear that she preferred to be moving.
Good to the Girls by Paula Martinac
The doors slide open and your stomach flips. The Commissioner is standing in the car, alone.
Bathtub Dishes at the Witching Hour by Tamzin Mitchell
“You came to Berlin to wash dishes in the bathtub,” teases Lijana, my landlady.
Another Kiss Goodbye, Comrade Drena by Sean Finucane Toner
I’m not one for clams, or bars, but she liked a California Sour with her lunch, and she was known there.
