William Dameron writes, “Conversion therapy doesn’t always occur at a facility. Often, it takes place at the dining-room table.”
Review: The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out by William Dameron
Category: September-October 2019
Review: Gray Is The New Black: A Memoir of Self-Acceptance by Dorothy Rice
Allowing her hair to go grey is only the beginning of Rice’s quest for self-acceptance and self-forgiveness.
Everything Looks Normal by Rhea DeRose-Weiss
These are the ways in which we fail the Baltimore Harbor aquarium test: One, we despise children.
Immortal Acts by Paul Van Dyke
I believe in the moon landing. That while the rest of the world gazed into the sable night, spacemen bounded untethered of planetary gravity.
Smoke by Mandie Caroll
I don’t like football, but I want my dad to like me, so I stay. I am six.
Another A&P (My Apologies to John Updike) by Diane Gottlieb
In walks Lenny, a big hulk of a man in his forties, I think, but it’s hard for me to tell.
Welcome to the College of Parenting by Jennie Badger
Dear New Parents: Congratulations on the birth of your precious daughter!
The Elusive Element by Jean Coco
I wanted what my older brothers got after the dentist filled their cavities: mercury.
The Die-Off by Marysa LaRowe
Lake Michigan is not the same as the ocean—no crashing waves, no salt wind, no tidal pools…
The Contender by Peter E. Murphy
Wasn’t it young Johnny Malloy who… said that Father Smith was queer?
