by BlogEditor | Sep 22, 2022 | Creative Nonfiction
Her Sunflower Apron by Gail Ghai FollowFollowFollow When Ginny Reuben’s kitten, Tickle, got stuck in our giant elm tree, the neighbors flooded our front yard as if free food samples were being offered. The kids jumped, screamed, and cried, trying to coax the...
by BlogEditor | Sep 16, 2022 | Creative Nonfiction
Anna’s Cabinetsby Laura Plummer FollowFollowFollow Section 8 apartments are all the same. Shady characters linger in the lobby, wearing too many layers for mid-July. When I visit, they speak to each other in code and tuck their hands into their pockets.In unit...
by BlogEditor | Sep 15, 2022 | Creative Nonfiction
My Father’s Boxes by Laura Plummer FollowFollowFollow In the basement is a shelf of identical cardboard boxes labeled in my father’s heavy, slanted writing. This is his system for categorizing his universe. Boxes of cables and wires, antique watch parts,...
by BlogEditor | Aug 25, 2022 | Creative Nonfiction
The Cool Girlsby Laura Plummer FollowFollowFollow It’s Lyndsy’s eleventh birthday. The girls she invited are a year older than us. Wanting to impress them, I show off by doing handstands in the above-ground pool. I’m wearing my tie-dye one-piece and feeling totally...
by BlogEditor | Aug 18, 2022 | Book Reviews
My Place in the Spiral by Rebecca Beardsall FollowFollowFollow My Place in the Spiralby Rebecca Beardsall Atmosphere Press, 2021$17.99ISBN: 9781636495255 Book Review by Colleen Lutz Clemens With My Place in the Spiral, Rebecca Beardsall invites the reader along on her...
