Category: December 2018

Sharp Memories by Roberta Gibson

You are four. The tops of meadow grasses and wildflowers brush your shoulders as you wander. Mid-stride, you yelp and look down…

It’s not the beginning—but it’s one of them—the afternoon her big brother agrees to buy her a six-pack from the 7-Eleven.

In the beginning, I wanted to dance. Ballet. To hear beautiful French words float off my tongue…

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…

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…

….she anxiously inquires of her in-laws what to expect—mainly, will people in Syria speak English?

I feel mighty, secure and invincible if I have my lists….

One aspect of writing I’ve stumbled over time and time again is producing effective endings to my short-form memoir pieces…

A Certain Loneliness is a memoir that circles queerness, disability, independence, and the human struggle to connect.

Adrian writes her memoir as a glossary, starting with A and sharing her story though short vignettes….

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