A Woman’s Right to Bear by Tasha Bovain FollowFollowFollow Photo by Matthias Wagner via Unsplash Before I knew what I wanted to do for a living as an adult, I imagined my life as a mother, reading bedtime stories and playing dress up with my daughter. I come from a...
I Was Supposed to Stay Out When the Bedroom Door Was Closed by Holly Fine FollowFollowFollow Cigarette burn holes in my cardigan meant Mom kept me close. I counted them in her comforter, seared edges lined up like Orion’s Belt. Ashes into wormholes into news anchors...
When The Mermaids Came by Holly Barratt FollowFollowFollow It was early Valentine’s Day morning when the first one washed up dead near Bridgend. By 10am there was a crowd around the rotting carcass. Eventually three officers broke through, dragged it up the beach,...
New in The Keeping Room: Banned Book Week, by Kim Brown FollowFollowFollow Read “Banned Book Week” by Minerva Rising Press Executive Editor, new in The Keeping Room magazine for women. read the post MINERVA RISING PRESS publishes thought-provoking and...
Banned Book Week by Kim Brown FollowFollowFollow Images by Kim Brown from The Bookstore of Glen Ellyn This past week, I was walking down the street of the town where I live with my two-year-old granddaughter, who had recently had a meltdown at the Mexican restaurant...
