by minervarising | Nov 11, 2013 | Blog, Staff Picks
By Lindsey Grudnicki If you’ve finished reading our “Mothers” issue and are hungry for more motherhood-focused pieces, we’ve found the perfect journal for you! Literary Mama, a free online literary magazine headed by Caroline M. Grant, is “reading for the...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | Nov 7, 2013 | Blog, The Keeping Room
My dad was a car guy. Growing up, he didn’t have any doubts about where he wanted to end up in life career-wise, as far as I know anyway. He paid for the automotive classes he needed by bartending and by mopping floors at a local bodyshop, and by the time I was...
by Kim Brown | Nov 4, 2013 | Blog, Staff Blog
I decided to re-join Weight Watchers. The decision sort of came out of no where. Well, not really. My clothes weren’t fitting correctly [read too tight]. And recent blood work suggested the onset to various illnesses if I didn’t change something. So with more than a...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | Oct 31, 2013 | Blog, The Keeping Room
I hear the girls before I see them. “Oh my gosh, it’s a lizard!” Then a swarm of giggles and scuffling footsteps travel up the street, into the driveway, onto my front porch where I sit with a glass of Cabernet in the waning October sun reading Joan...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | Oct 24, 2013 | Blog, The Keeping Room
I teach English 101. My classroom is the first college experience most of my students ever have. On the first day of class, it’s a guarantee that someone will raise their hand to ask if they can go to the bathroom, and they will stare at me weirdly when I answer,...
by Emily Shearer | Oct 21, 2013 | Blog, Poetry2, Staff Blog
Emily Waters Shearer Cartography I am a man with a penchant for studying maps and their narratives trapped in the dimension of border and landmark, squiggle of river, brushstroke of shoreline. I quantify canyons and caves with the tools of a surveyor:...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | Oct 17, 2013 | Blog, The Keeping Room
Those long plastic boxes with seven lids-one for each day of the week. MTWTFSS. Pill charts. Take on an empty stomach, a full meal, a glass of water. Avoid direct sunlight. Check your blood sugar levels. Administer every four hours. Check with your doctor about...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | Oct 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
Last week my step-daughter (G) had the day off from work and we decided to spend the fall afternoon apple-picking. After a sweet treat lunch of lobster rolls and fries with my husband, we set off to a near-by farm. As he headed back to work and we walked to the...
by Lindsey Grudnicki | Oct 14, 2013 | Blog, Staff Picks
Madness comes in many forms. Ophelias, Aida Bahr’s latest story collection, tactfully touches upon many of them, exploring the mysterious forces that can bring even the strongest human spirit to its knees. Like the book’s muse, the women at the center of Bahr’s tales...
by Kim Brown | Oct 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
Yesterday, I sat on a picnic table on the banks of the Chattachoochee River mesmerized by the movement of water. Tiny ripples glimmered on the surface, pulsing with energy and promise. Two ducks caught in the flow, drifted past. I reached for my camera to capture the...
