Mr. Poteat was a fool, and Anne-Elizabeth Tilley and I knew it, even if our classmates didn’t.
Necrokedeia for Children by Mark Hall
Year: 2020
Congestion by Michael Cuglietta
He called the nitroglycerin tablets his “lifesavers,”… He kept them, always, within reach.
Made of Match Sticks and Metal by Anna Davis-Abel
My mother and I haven’t talked about those years in years: the dark years when we slept on her pillowed mattress with the bedroom door locked….
Right Now I am Drinking a Cortado by Nicholas Hug
The medium is the visible section of frothy milk resting atop the overflow, the mode is the barista’s deliberate wrist twisting…..
Ford Motor Company Tells Me About Perseverance by Alexis Annunziata
They remind me: For over a hundred years we have been building for this country.
REVIEW: In the Shadow of the Valley by Bobi Conn
“Home,” Conn writes early on in her book, “Can anyone define that?….”
REVIEW: A House on Stilts: Mothering in the Age of Opioid Addiction by Paula Becker
This thoughtful and heart-wrenching narrative should come in a welcome kit for parents of teenagers.
INTERVIEW: Rebecca McClanahan, Author of In The Key of New York City
We can express emotions in many ways, but as writers, we’re sentenced to the sentence. And to words.
INTERVIEW: Athena Dixon, Author of The incredible Shrinking Woman
There’s going to be somebody like you out there who needs to hear your voice.
INTERVIEW: Debora Harding, Author of Dancing With the Octopus: A Memoir of a Crime
[My dad] had a charming way of denying frightful events, of bringing humor and lightness to our childhood.
