“How did we get home last night? Do you have any idea what happened to my jeans? Why is there a corn dog in my bed?”
Review: Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget by Sarah Hepola
Category: Issues
Interview: Kevin Oderman, author of Cannot Stay: Essays on Travel
Kevin Oderman had recently returned from Italy when I interviewed him for Hippocampus – an appropriate segue to discussing his recently released book Cannot Stay: Essays on Travel.
The Writing Life: A Conference Junkie Discovers Another Option in ASJA By Donna Talarico
Anyone who knows me, knows I love learning. Outside of earning other degrees, taking non-credit courses, or attending writing workshops, one of the best methods of professional development is attending industry conferences. From 2010 to 2015, while I worked in higher education, I attended more than 20 conferences – and had a speaking role at…
Interview: A Conversation with Lisa Carver, author of 25 Lives
One of the many startling things about writer and performer Lisa Carver is her willingness to speak candidly with total strangers who fixate on her from afar.
Blue-Eyed Devil by Jenny Cutler Lopez
I failed a homeless girl on the coast of India. No one knows. Not even the girl.
Split End by Kirsten Voris
I watched the sunlight slide along the wall and considered other jobs I might apply for. Around its zenith, the sun illuminated a hair.
BKK by Leigh Hellman
I …exited the subway station … walking the way that Chicago raised me to. Eyes forward: cold, glassy, seeing everything and noticing no one. No smile, no teeth.
The Other F Word by Elane Johnson
Serial cheating on most of my husbands? A handful of suicide attempts? Shopping at Walmart? Check, check and check. But there is one…guilty pleasure I’ve guarded with my life.
Dick Jokes and Dirty Puns by Dana Sitar
It started during my divorce. I was lonely and bored and needed a cheap pick-me-up before I could go home after work.
No One’s There to Catch You When You Fall by Terry Barr
Stopping at Publix, in that day’s plan anyway, offered the opportunity for a meal. An unwise, unplanned, and definitely irregular meal.
