Essays

Half a Woman on the Side of the Road

At a truck stop I can really look my situation in the face. The first trans women I saw as a child were on episodes of Cops, caught doing things ...

by Gal McMahon • June 4, 2022June 21, 2022

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Life’s Ups and Downs

The amusement park sprawled across acres of land criss-crossed by paths and studded with buildings and rides. Although some of the rides offered a great deal of vertical movement, others ...

by Jason Arment • May 28, 2022May 27, 2022

Editor's Pick, Essays, EssaySaturday

North Idaho

Time goes by so fast, doesn’t it? Recently I had the chance to read Eula Biss’s essay “Time and Distance Overcome.” She gives the reader a quick history of the ...

by Johanna Tollefson • May 21, 2022May 20, 2022

Editor's Pick, Essays, EssaySaturday

Speeding

My dad is driving fast. His sizeable right foot encased in a dark brown extra-wide double-E sized work shoe presses on the pedal, heavy with impatience. He always drives fast. ...

by Barbara Candiotti • May 14, 2022May 14, 2022

Editor's Pick, Essays, EssaySaturday

Neuropathy

Stage one Neuropathy can result from exposure to toxins. It begins with the gradual onset of numbness due to peripheral nervous system damage. First block students file out. Second block ...

by Staci Mercado • May 7, 2022May 6, 2022

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Weeds

“It was because that proud moment of success could never be recaptured.” Continue Reading Weeds

by Karen Bowers • April 30, 2022April 29, 2022

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Ode to Winter

Trying to find light in a dark city winter. Continue Reading Ode to Winter

by Rim Chon • April 23, 2022April 22, 2022

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My Summer Working at the Piggly Wiggly

Once or twice a year, I fly from the New York City area to South Carolina to visit my Pop. When I exit the terminal in Charleston, I always take ...

by Lindsey Swindall • April 16, 2022April 14, 2022

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9010 Blankenship

Brothers’ relationship is changed forever—but the memories stay the same. Continue Reading 9010 Blankenship

by Kyle Hubbard • April 9, 2022April 9, 2022

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Shepherd’s Pie

A family recipe in a time of grief. Continue Reading Shepherd’s Pie

by cathleen daly • April 2, 2022April 4, 2022

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An Innocent Moment

I guess dads were breakable after all. Continue Reading An Innocent Moment

by James Patrick Focarile • March 26, 2022March 24, 2022

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Paper, Boy

Third place winner of The Art of Reflection Competition 2022 King of the Hill, Mike Judge’s animated TV series from the late 1990s and early 2000s, was set in a ...

by Kevin Grauke • March 26, 2022March 24, 2022

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White Deer

How did he know the deer was a girl? Continue Reading White Deer

by Carissa Chesanek • March 19, 2022March 19, 2022

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Best Jerk They’d Ever Seen

The other day I had a tough conversation with my middle-school students. It was lunch time. They again complained, with food lingering in mouths, about Social Studies and their dislike ...

by James Morena • March 12, 2022March 14, 2022

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My Countries, ’Tis of Thee

I am Carlos, a refugee to America, part Cuban in exile and part Cuban-American and, sometimes, something else. I am the grandson of a Presbyterian minister, whose mission in Cuba ...

by Carlos Alvarez • March 5, 2022March 5, 2022