A FIELD GUIDE TO AUSTRALIAN BIRDS AND MOTHERHOOD by Tracy McNally
Noticing birds is my mother’s love language.… Read More “A FIELD GUIDE TO AUSTRALIAN BIRDS AND MOTHERHOOD by Tracy McNally”
Article Category: Non-Fiction
SCHOOL BUS MEMORIES OF AN ANXIOUS CHILD by Clay Halton
To say I was simply a nervous child would be like saying the Dust Bowl was simply a dry spell.… Read More “SCHOOL BUS MEMORIES OF AN ANXIOUS CHILD by Clay Halton”
A GOOD PERSON by Jacqueline Heinze
I spotted the cat streaking by the moment Kyle yelled, “Watch out!”… Read More “A GOOD PERSON by Jacqueline Heinze”
LEFTOVER WOMAN by Monica Woo
Part I
“Once upon a time, there was a girl warrior called Lixian.… Read More “LEFTOVER WOMAN by Monica Woo”
THE POETIC ODYSSEY OF PAUL DIRAC AND DAVID BOWMAN by Jay Hagen
“Pure mathematics is the poetry of logical ideas.”… Read More “THE POETIC ODYSSEY OF PAUL DIRAC AND DAVID BOWMAN by Jay Hagen”
ARCTIC RIFFS by Monica Woo
It was September 7, 2022, the thirty-fourth anniversary of the double homicide of my older brother Joe and his two-year-old daughter Jeanne in Anchorage, Alaska.… Read More “ARCTIC RIFFS by Monica Woo”
I MAKE COFFEE, I MAKE FIRE by Jessica Pulver
To rouse the kids, I raise their shades and if I have it in me, I sing a line or two of their old nursing song, a country song from my own childhood, to soften the crash of the slumbers I’ve ruined.… Read More “I MAKE COFFEE, I MAKE FIRE by Jessica Pulver”
SCALPING THE BALD MAN by Harry Leeds
Karaganda, Kazakhstan
From memoir A Soviet Union of the Mind
The 1996 Lonely Planet guidebook entry on Karaganda begins, “No-one comes to Karaganda who doesn’t have to.”… Read More “SCALPING THE BALD MAN by Harry Leeds”
NO MORE TURTLES by Marianne Cotugno
That’s what my mom proclaimed to me, my younger sister, and my dad after she had unwrapped the three-hundred and forty-third turtle knickknack given to her over the course of years for Christmases, birthdays, and other occasions.… Read More “NO MORE TURTLES by Marianne Cotugno”
DAD, DON’T by Cynthia Graae
Light floating through our kitchen window transforms his fiery red hair to golden, angelic.… Read More “DAD, DON’T by Cynthia Graae”
THE SHOE by Mary Jumbelic
I imagined the seventh grader resting her left foot on her right knee, pressing the marker firmly to decorate the shoe.… Read More “THE SHOE by Mary Jumbelic”
DALLOYAU CAFE, 5ème ARRONDISSEMENT, PARIS by Dawn-Michelle Baude
He chose the café—a raspberry red one known for light, fluffy pastries filled with heavenly creams.… Read More “DALLOYAU CAFE, 5ème ARRONDISSEMENT, PARIS by Dawn-Michelle Baude”
PORTMANTEAU by Alice Lowe
When my father told me that a mid-morning fusion of breakfast and lunch was called brunch, I thought he’d made the word up.… Read More “PORTMANTEAU by Alice Lowe”
THE WASHER by Karen Storm
It wasn’t just any washer.… Read More “THE WASHER by Karen Storm”
MY CARTIER WATCH by J Brooke
If you met me, you wouldn’t think I’m the sort to own a Cartier watch.… Read More “MY CARTIER WATCH by J Brooke”
A TURN AT THE OARS by Heidi Lasher
Pee trickled down my leg as I stood on tiptoe, gripping my shaking palms to the oars of our 14-foot inflatable raft, and tried to get a glimpse of Snowhole, a rapid named for an enormous boulder on the right side of the river that lifts the water up and then drops it into a billowing white cloud of chaos called a hole.… Read More “A TURN AT THE OARS by Heidi Lasher”
MIGUEL by Kyle Seibel
We just need to figure it out.… Read More “MIGUEL by Kyle Seibel”
SPIDER INTREPID by Ted Olson
Spiders don’t live in our car.… Read More “SPIDER INTREPID by Ted Olson”
Hollow Hairs of a Musk Deer: Reflections on Channels, Winds, and the Non-Dual (April 2020) by Kathryn Stam
Today we will live in the moment unless it’s unpleasant, in which case me will eat a cookie. … Read More “Hollow Hairs of a Musk Deer: Reflections on Channels, Winds, and the Non-Dual (April 2020) by Kathryn Stam”
Junkyard Dog and the Thin Blue Line by Laura Iodice
“If you are a junkyard dog, you assume that that’s what life is: chained up, barking all day.”… Read More “Junkyard Dog and the Thin Blue Line by Laura Iodice”
AN APOLOGIA FOR SOUP by William Lehman
I will say soup over eighty times in this essay.… Read More “AN APOLOGIA FOR SOUP by William Lehman”
TRAUMA, BOOKENDED by Kelsey Allagood
“Trauma” is a bruise of a word, like “hematoma,” blue and black and yellow: blood pooling under the skin from an exchange of kinetic energy.… Read More “TRAUMA, BOOKENDED by Kelsey Allagood”
AS ALL WARS DO by Warren Stoddard II
“You’re a long way from home now, aren’t you son?”… Read More “AS ALL WARS DO by Warren Stoddard II”
Does Iron Occurrence in Ground Water Correlate with Dissolved Oxygen? by Richie Smith
The first time I remember being proud of my father was in third grade.… Read More “Does Iron Occurrence in Ground Water Correlate with Dissolved Oxygen? by Richie Smith”
Somewhere Under the Rainbo by Nick Locke
Rainbo Roller Rink is the largest slice of Americana in Chicago and possibly America.… Read More “Somewhere Under the Rainbo by Nick Locke”
Franz among the Animals by Elana Wolff
The tiny village of Siřem is located 78 km northwest of Prague.… Read More “Franz among the Animals by Elana Wolff”