by Minerva Rising Contributor | Jun 13, 2014 | Blog, The Keeping Room
One day, summers ago, I saw my physical duplicate crossing a quiet side street in small town Michigan. A visit “home,” I was driving somewhere to somewhere else, a nondescript errand in a place often defined by them, I stopped at an unnecessary stoplight,...
by minervarising | Jun 12, 2014 | Issues
ISSUE 5: Turning Points This issue of Minerva Rising is full of stories of hope and of that elucidating point of turning to the deep intuition at the core of one’s self. “Learning to Let Go” chronicles the journey of a woman who rediscovers life after the death of her...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | Jun 6, 2014 | Blog, The Keeping Room
This weekend I am on the North Carolina coast with women who attended the last Women’s Creative Writing and Yoga Retreat in Oaxaca, Mexico. We look east over the Atlantic Ocean, hear the lull of waves, write, share meals, tell life stories, sip good Oaxaca mezcal,...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | May 30, 2014 | Blog, The Keeping Room
There are those days when my best-laid writing plans get lost among the myriad needs of my household, my family of four, my scattered mind. On a day or a series of days like that, I find it nearly inevitable that I end the night with a berate of myself: “You need to...
by Emily Shearer | May 30, 2014 | Poetry2, Staff Blog, Uncategorized
Breathe in oxygen./ Breathe out poetry. -Muriel Rukeyser Breathe out peace, breathe out fullness, breathe out impressions, breathe out truth. . . . But what happens when you have exhaled and exhaled and emptied yourself and there are just. no. words. left?? What...
by Lindsey Grudnicki | May 22, 2014 | Blog, Staff Picks
By Lindsey Grudnicki I’m truly excited to share this month’s featured journal with you. After a crazy spring – new job, busy days, little time for literary pursuits, etc. – reading Quaint Magazine brought the reader/writer/editor in me back to the forefront. The works...
by Emily Shearer | May 19, 2014 | Blog, Staff Blog
When two things are touching, says my fourteen-year-old, the expert scientist, who is not quite an expert yet, by nature of his fourteen-year-oldness, they’re not really touching. Between skin on skin, folds of paper, words & silence, ink & white, between...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | May 16, 2014 | Blog, The Keeping Room
People keep asking me: “Are you still writing?” My answer is not always enthusiastic, “yes,” but I wish it were. I have less time and most of my energy is reserved for my child. With some help from friends, I’m trying to accept the times I’m not writing. Time is...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | May 9, 2014 | Blog, The Keeping Room
The phone rings, my mother. The cancer has returned, stage four. My cellphone vibrates, a text from my sister. Have you talked to mom? After two lengthy and direct conversations, I convince my mom to consider other treatment facilities. Three days later she agrees. I...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | May 3, 2014 | Blog, The Keeping Room
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” No, Juliet, I disagree. The rolling R, the long, open O ready for surrender, the soft, sensual S. Names have power. In biblical myth, Adam’s first order of business included naming the flora, the fauna, and oh, yes, his...
