As a child, Em was full of spunk and defiance. She would run away from home and laugh with a full belly of air.
Hair by Morgan Blair
Category: Issues
on certainty by Shannon Ratliff
“After the river rose, a kid ran screaming into town…”
Bloody Is the Body by Christie Tate
I’m five and waiting in the front yard for my Dad to return from a two-day business trip to Little Rock.
Two Fishing Women by Ryan Odinak
Mama stands over the stove, one hand resting on the shelf of her wide hip, the other holding a metal spatula.
On a New Life by Michael Levan
…It’s not his fault or hers, not the three-year-old boy’s…
Promise by Carol D. Marsh
I must have heard her screams, though I don’t remember. I’m flinging open the hallway door, racing to her mother’s room.
INTERVIEW: Adiba Nelson, Author of Ain’t That a Mother
Adiba’s voice is unabashed, unflinchingly honest, and disrupts any stereotypes you may have about motherhood.
REVIEW: Castaway Mountain: Love and Loss Among the Wastepickers of Mumbai by Saumya Roy
A nonfiction book that reads like a novel reflects the unpleasant truth of overconsumption in the lives of Mumbai’s wastepickers.
REVIEW: Promenade of Desire: A Barcelona Memoir by Isidra Mencos
Spain is the backdrop for a memoir frankly exploring the evolution of female desire from childhood to adulthood.
INTERVIEW: Elizabeth Crane, Author of This Story Will Change
For some reason, I thought in creative nonfiction I would not be able to bring my own form and style to it.
