It turns out the coroner has a pamphlet to give the next of kin. It is a single trifold sheet, with the crooked wavy text of multiple generations of photocopying.
Waiting for the Coroner by Kate Washington
Category: Issues
Future Perfect by Tricia Theis
The woman who stood in front of me in the checkout line at the grocery store had Down syndrome. She was shorter than me by almost a foot and I couldn’t tell how old she was.
On Top of His Double Bed in Fes, Morocco by Kendell Newman Sadiik
It is so humid-hot that we’ve made a game of not touching each other…
WRITING LIFE: “Real” Writers Doing “Real” Work by Rae Pagliarulo
For 10 years, I told myself I wasn’t a writer, but almost every single day, I wrote. What was holding me back? Why couldn’t I say the word?
CRAFT: On Seeking the Truth in Our Stories by Nicole Breit
I’m a fastidious fact checker. When writing creative nonfiction I will confirm the day of the week an event happened, what the weather was like…
Review: South of Forgiveness: A True Story of Rape and Responsibility by Thordis Elva and Tom Stranger
South of Forgiveness: A True Story of Rape and Responsibility is a remarkable experience. A catharsis. A symbiosis of grief and joy
Review: Golden State 2017: The Best New Writing from California by Lisa Locascio
In 28 separate tales, Locascio’s selections cover a spectrum of races and nationalities, heroes and villains, sexes and orientations, and family relations.
Review: Japanese Girl at the Siege of Changchun: How I Survived China’s Wartime Atrocity by Homare Endo
Not a day goes by that China is not mentioned on American news broadcasts or headlines. Most of these stories extol China’s economic growth, scientific innovations, or forward-looking president.
Review: The Business of Broadway: An Insider’s Guide to Working, Producing, and Investing in the World’s Greatest Theatre Community by Mitch Weiss and Perri Gaffney
Behind every great Broadway star is roughly 40 million other people making it happen: Wardrobe, makeup, sound, lighting design…
Small Offerings by Jen Grow
In 1995, I was living in a tent in the southern Appalachians trying to stay sober. I was twenty-eight years old, working at a camp for the summer, keeping notes of it all.
