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Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Essays

What’s Known in November

Explore the captivating dance of nature in this poignant essay. Continue Reading What’s Known in November

by Heather Bartos | November 24, 2023November 24, 2023
Editor's Pick, Essays, Travel&Lifestyle

Fourth Thursday in November

Dive into the nostalgic tapestry of ‘Fourth Thursday in November,’ an evocative journey through seven decades of Thanksgiving memories. From black-and-white football games to unexpected ...

by Beverly Orth | November 23, 2023November 23, 2023
Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Essays, EssaySaturday

Tell Me Something You’ve Learned in the Last Two Days

“We should stop using the term ‘bullet points.’” Erin Murphy offers life lessons on cherry blossoms, Gwyneth Paltrow, gun violence, and more. Continue ...

by Erin Murphy | November 19, 2023November 19, 2023
Editor's Pick, EssaySaturday

Patterns

In ‘Patterns’, a heartfelt narrative unfolds, capturing the tender interplay between a daughter and her ailing mother, where even the simple hospital gown weaves a ...

by jocelynjanecox | November 18, 2023December 4, 2023
Editor's Pick, EssaySaturday

No Happy Endings

I tried to convince myself I wasn’t a total trope—after all, the paradise we visited could be another person’s nightmare. “No Happy Endings” by Jamie ...

by Jamie Hudalla | October 21, 2023October 21, 2023
Editor's Pick, EssaySaturday

Expat in Paris

I begin with a story of how I came to discover the work of James Baldwin; I begin with the novel Giovanni’s Room. Continue ...

by David Moran | October 21, 2023October 26, 2023
Editor's Pick, Essays

House of Horror, Home of Light

Who will write this story? Welcome to history’s horror show—poverty’s shame, locked rooms, lashings? House of Horrors, Home of Light by Maria Terrone ...

by Maria Terrone | September 30, 2023October 3, 2023
Editor's Pick, EssaySaturday

Running Lessons

“The mind, unlike a library, is more like a web.” Learn from Kristi Ferguson in today’s #EssaySaturday, “Running Lessons.” Continue Reading Running Lessons ...

by Litro | August 12, 2023August 14, 2023
Editor's Pick, EssaySaturday

Ab Aqua Libertas

How could I then put into words my feelings about my favorite one of them all, the Danube? Continue Reading Ab Aqua Libertas ...

by Miklós Vámos | July 22, 2023November 24, 2023
Editor's Pick, EssaySaturday

GOD: THE INTERVIEW

Can you remember the first time you began to fashion things of your own, whether objects, characters, or anything else? Continue Reading GOD: ...

by KK Fiorrucci | July 15, 2023November 9, 2023
Editor's Pick, EssaySaturday

After a Hurricane

It’s 1992 and Mr. White Boots enters the house with a guttural meow and a mouse in his mouth. I scream like a banshee, thinking ...

by Lilia Childs | July 8, 2023July 10, 2023
Editor's Pick, EssaySaturday

The Character Lessons

My father wanted to build my character so that nothing could destroy me, not even him. He wanted me to be strong and resilient, confident ...

by Sarah Harley | June 24, 2023June 24, 2023
Editor's Pick, Essays, EssaySaturday

Mean Streak

In those days we sat at individual wooden desks, the surfaces often scarred with carved initials, ink stains, and gouges from pencils. I had been ...

by Kathy Miller | June 17, 2023June 19, 2023
Editor's Pick, Essays, EssaySaturday

This Other Dresden

I never expected Dresden to be surreal. This was Germany – the trains would run on time, the architecture would be cold, people would be ...

by Michael O'Byrne | June 12, 2023June 13, 2023
Editor's Pick, EssaySaturday

Dr. Putin’s Diet Revolution

As the Ukrainian war crosses into the border into Russia, our Saturday Essay serves a tapestry weaving current events, the visceral sting of history, and ...

by Daniel McKay | June 3, 2023June 3, 2023
Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Essays

Baltimore by the Mid-Morning Light

“I awoke before anyone else, in an unfamiliar house full of art and stuffed toys.” Today’s EssaySaturday USA is “Baltimore by the Mid-Morning Light” by ...

by J. D Goodman | June 3, 2023May 30, 2023
Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Essays, EssaySaturday

Spastic-Dog Woman

“My best shot of meeting anyone may be dog walking.” Today’s #EssaySaturday USA is “Spastic-Dog Woman” by Lisa K. Harris. Continue Reading Spastic-Dog ...

by Lisa Harris | May 27, 2023June 22, 2023
Editor's Pick, EssaySaturday

This One’s for Linda

The world had different rules for women in 1972 than today. Continue Reading This One’s for Linda

by Harvey Lieberman | May 20, 2023May 20, 2023
Editor's Pick, EssaySaturday

Three Bodies on a Beach

Three of them lying on a beach, the nearest one half engulfed in sand, the bow of a sunken troop carrier jutting out of the ...

by Daniel Vollaro | May 13, 2023May 15, 2023
Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, EssaySaturday

Home is Where I’ve Arrived Too Late

“To feel like I belong, like I’ve put time into one place and stayed long enough to put roots down.” Today’s #EssaySaturday USA is “Home ...

by Emily Stedge | May 6, 2023May 10, 2023

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