My dad drank. That’s the nice way of putting it, I guess—“He drank,” as if it might mean just the once.
Vee Dubya by Christy Lynch
Category: Issues
Swimming With Headscarf Ladies by Kirsten Voris
Too sick to leave home, I flop in my sheets like something beached and dying. After weeks of illness, I pine for fresh air. An apartment with a bathtub.
Women Without Names by B. Richard Wright
As we spoke, drank, and watched the busy street with its mix of sailors, marines, and locals milling about, a black van stopped in front of us…
To the Lighthouse by Christopher Maher
Genevieve ran her hand over a few copies of To the Lighthouse. “You can have this one,” she says passing me a spine I vaguely recognized.
The Improbability of Me (and You) by David R. Bowne
This is about math, plain and simple, and biology, not at all plain and not at all simple.
WRITING LIFE: More Than I Dreamed Of, Barely Enough by Sara Petersen
I am learning how to say the words “I’m a writer” without effacing the words with a shoulder shrug or an apologetic smile…
CRAFT: Answering the Call: On Writing About Trauma and Loss by Nicole Breit
Love, loss, heartbreak: it’s the theme embedded in so many memorable works of art.
Review: The Art of Misdiagnosis by Gayle Brandeis
Gayle’s memoir, The Art of Misdiagnosis: Surviving My Mother’s Suicide is a heart-wrenching exploration of grief, motherhood, illness, and wellness.
REVIEW: All the Difference by Patricia Horvath
Patricia Horvath is a bookish college professor much more at home in sedentary pursuits — sitting in her writing chair, tucking away in the library — than in active ones.
REVIEW: Some Bright Morning, I’ll Fly Away by Alice Anderson
As Anderson enters the court system to petition for divorce and custody of her children, it seems like a clear-cut case…
