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Visitor’s Pass

I’m not afraid of hospitals. Never have been. Somehow they are eerily comforting to me. I quickly learned the names of nurses at The University..

Review

a reading challenge with a twist

Like many, I had big plans for 2017. Lofty dreams, goals, and expectations, most of which have by now been shattered. But I remain hopeful..

Flotsam

Try-Hard in Clown Shoes

Calling attention to my work makes me squirm. Tom Waits has described the promotion work that follows production as “doing the dishes”—it’s necessary—I don’t put..

Essay

where do we start

My brother asks the question, and it’s a tough one with no good answer. So I shrug, head upstairs, and he follows. Vince and I..

Flotsam

Give Yourself to the Falling Sky

There’s an anime I watched as a child, and in the final scene a colossal asteroid plummets toward earth. Soldiers on both sides, inside their..

Review

A little of us all in the object parade

I’ve been going through my mother’s things. White, 13-gallon-size, plastic bags filled with clothes, shoes, purses, jewelry (only a few small inexpensive pieces, really), face..

Craft

Monsters

As a five-year-old, I had this recurring nightmare about a giant, hairy monster lumbering down the street towards my bedroom window. If you’re of a..

Essay

Leaning Pines

What responsibility do writers have when they write about the environment? Environmental writer and memoirist Carole Firstman shared an example and her thoughts:“When we write about..