Essay by Lisa Solod
Fresh off a divorce and my mother's diagnosis with Alzheimer's, I took a part-time job in my local bookstore.
Memoir
Playing God—With Books
Apr 22, 2013
The Petrel
Apr 15, 2013
Theme Essay by Douglas Canter
This visit to Great Duck Island brings me back, reconnecting me to something I’ve lost.
Green Among the Bones
Apr 11, 2013
Theme Essay by Marc Schiffman
The land seemed tortured, as if the vegetation had been slashed and burned.
Glistening Scar
Feb 04, 2013
TW Prizewinning Creative Nonfiction by John Gredler
Here in this place of house upon house, on this asphalt path hemmed by parkway and train tracks, a beauty as enchanted as I have ever seen.
Old Bones, New Flowers in the Judiths
Jun 25, 2012
Essay by Lorraine Berry
The sky was aster blue, and the burnt, bare trees looked like punji sticks shooting up from the crest of the ridge.
Sweat and Kiasu in Singapore
Jun 13, 2012
Personal Essay by Martha Nichols
In Singapore, sweating has become a lifestyle option.
To Cuba, With Love
May 30, 2012
Essay by Luke Maguire Armstrong
For over a decade, I have sought Cuba, and, finally, I’m about to land in Havana.
Bangkok: A Writer's Quest for Quiet
May 23, 2012
Essay by Marc Schiffman
Like Lazarus, I woke to a fresh resolution, the importance of self-preservation.
The Game Changer
May 18, 2012
Memoir by Fran Cronin
Snippets of splendor were sprinkled everywhere in Moscow.
Raquette Lake
Apr 13, 2012
Memoir by Lorraine Berry
The safety of the woods is illusory and the way forward lies across a meadow drenched in the light of the moon.
