Even though I now have every book ever published at my fingertips, there’s something missing when I read on a screen.
Review: Changing the Subject: Art and Attention in the Internet Age by Sven Birkerts
Category: Issues
CRAFT: On the Precision of Language by P. Casey Telesk
One word can change the meaning of a sentence. Certain words emphasize certain things. The tense of a verb can change the narrative distance.
Object Lessons by Carol Smith
I wake up sweating and lie there as the adrenaline ebbs, running through what I would take, if I had to leave. The mental cataloging starts: what I have lost already; what I have yet to lose; an inventory of what matters.
The Sound of Ice by Tyler Lacoma
The first sound is the foot sound, the break sound, the cracking crunch that hikers know… It is a stubborn, short sound, underneath your boots. Ka-krack, krunch, it says. It says little else.
Until We Have Loved by Jeanine Pfeiffer
The bat is so itty-bitty-teeny-tiny her body embraces only half my thumb, to which she clings during our first moments. Clings to with eyes shut: either because she naturally re-immersed herself in torpor, or from exhaustion.
Penalty Phase by Charisse Coleman
In the first moments of Saturday, Aug. 12, 1995, in Shreveport, Louisiana, my older brother, Russell, age 42, was finishing up his shift as a minimum-wage, 54-hour-a-week stock clerk at Thrifty Liquor.
Lessons from My Sire by Cynthia Jalynski
I never knew what to say when people asked me what my father did for a living. Sometimes I joked, “He’s involved with high-risk investments.” — “Stocks? Bonds?” — “More like ponies and dice.”
Unwrapped by Dina Honour
He held it up and out, away from his body and along his arm. He used it to point at us sitting there in front of him. Over the curved edge, he gathered us in his sights.
Review: Cabin Lessons: A Nail-by-Nail Tale, Building Our Dream Cottage from 2x4s, Blisters, and Love by Spike Carlsen
“Our intent is to create a family cabin—a retreat to remain in the family for generations.” And that is precisely what Spike Carlsen and his wife, Kat, have done, along with their five children.
Far Country: Stories from Abroad and Other Places by Timothy Kenny
Tim Kenny has a tendency to end up in faraway places, particularly those on the edge of political or social change.
