The night the volcano spewed ash into our lives, I dreamt about eating lava.
Eruption by Yvanna Vien Tica
Category: Essays
An archive of all of the personal essays we’ve published at Hippocampus Magazine over the years.
Kitchen Instincts by Suzanne Orrell
At my house, Rosh Hashanah — the Jewish New Year — wasn’t complete without creamy, cheesy noodle kugel…
Drift by Karen Kao
The synonym for a sixty-year-old is sexagenarian, which seems to promise a lot more than it delivers.
Act of Contrition by Mark Lucius
I knelt in stillness and waited for the priest to slide open the window that separated us.
Swimming with My Grandma by Brooke Randel
On my birthday, my grandma loses her speech. Her caregiver thinks it might be a stroke.
Feeling the Sands by Stephanie Eardley
Tonight, my husband and I, along with our tour group, will try to see a rarity—a sea turtle come ashore to nest.
The Dying Room by Leanne Pierce Schneider
When they arrive, she is propped up on pillows in the hospital bed.
Pulses by Kathy Davis
Once, arms waving in frustration, my father said, “If no one’s alive who remembers you, it’s like you never existed.”
Foreign by Terri Lewis
In the seventies, I went to Würzburg, Germany, to perform with the ballet.
There Are Girls Like You in Japan by Mimi Iimuro Van Ausdall
You had been to Japan only once before this, when you were eight.
