When you got on the plane to leave Alaska, you left me […] holding a banjo case with a gun in it.
New Love Letter by Keely O’Connell
Category: July-August 2021
Small by Stephanie Cuepo Wobby
Once, on the way home from a party, we argued about microaggressions…
Sharp by Vanessa Chan
The thing about chronic back pain isn’t just that pain, which of course is sharp…
Studying the Dystopian Novel During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Kaylie Jones
Dystopian fiction is a warning bell tolling in the distance, urging us to pay attention…
REVIEW: Already Toast: Caregiving and Burnout in America by Kate Washington
Washington proves that familial caregiving is taken for granted by doctors, necessary for patients’ recovery, and frequently devastating.
11,000 people lying facedown on the Burnside Bridge by Benjamin McPherson Ficklin
…there’s 11,000 people lying facedown on the Burnside Bridge, now we’ve halted Portland’s traffic…
REVIEW: Anything Will Be Easy after This: A Western Identity Crisis by Bethany Maile
Bethany Maile confronts the fabled American West with a sharp journalistic eye and deep personal insight.
REVIEW: Crossing the River: Seven Stories that Saved My Life by Carol Smith
The wisdom Carol Smith renders from these experiences reads like a gripping “how to” on coping with loss.
REVIEW: Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century edited by Alice Wong
Disability Visibility allows those who are disabled to speak for and represent themselves.
WRITING LIFE: Over in a Flash by Kristen Paulson-Nguyen
“Thank you for coming,” I said to the director’s black cat, Loba.
