Join Eddie Paige, a retired baseball player facing the end, as he shares memories and wisdom with a curious neighbor’s son in a changing neighborhood. Continue Reading A ...
Witness the poignant farewell to a grandmother’s home in ‘The Here and Now.’ Explore the impact of memory amid demolition, weaving a tale of legacy and presence. Continue ...
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 road trips, this heartfelt narrative ...
Litro’s Summer Issue ruminates on memory: of past relationships, childhoods, and the C-who-shall-not-be-named pandemic of 2020 to 2022. Continue Reading Litro: the Memory Issue #184
A powerful essay from a survivor of the Dunblane massacre that explores memory loss, trauma, grief, and survival.
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“Don’t you know, the heart gets lost in so much empty space?” A flash piece about memory, grief and life's lost futures
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"In going with the flow of the river, perhaps I would rediscover my own." A fluid essay exploring memory, nature, and rivers.
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"We were no longer young." GC Perry sets the violent breakdown of a marriage in the warmth and magnificence of Tuscany's countryside.
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Dorothy Lune's flash piece gives voice to a vibrant René Magritte painting, pushing the boundaries between words and visual arts.
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“Good cooking takes time and sacrifice; good Pakistani cooking takes much, much more.” An essay on generational differences and Eid.
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N/A Oparah brings us a funny, endearing exploration of the mother-daughter relationship, and the way religion plays a part.
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"The best trick of your twenties is to eschew self-reflection." The witty ups and downs of our twenties and dating in the city.
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“What am I to do with this one life? That is all I think about all day long.” The story of a copywriter and the monotony of their days. ...
“Too much simplicity conceals the hollows where what is unspoken lurks in the darkness.” A meditation on family dynamics.
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As September shuffles in, take a dip into Litro #184: Memory, and allow yourself to reflect on the summer just gone. Continue Reading Litro #184: Editor’s Letter
I was sixteen and mesmerized by the graffiti – framed by tunnels, bridges, and walls of industrial buildings. It seemed the only view on an Amtrak train from Springfield, Mass ...
The Wikipedia tour guide spiel It would be my time at the Beauty Pageant metropolis that summer. We start at the majestic Marlborough Blenheim Hotel at Nineteen Hundred Pacific Avenue ...
One of memory’s slyer tricks is to colour things with a sense of foreboding. When I think of that night in Siena, the details seem prescient. The moon against a ...
A blizzard swept through New England on the night Gretchen and I arrived, throwing our marriage into question and quickening a slow process of separation which had already been underway ...
I got you a notepad, son. You were always doodling and jotting things down. The pages of this one aren’t lined in case you want to doodle freely, but it ...
