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...
I love it when someone I trust tells me about a new book they’ve read that they think I would like. It’s better than a new restaurant, better than a new movie. In fact it’s even better than a new coffee shop opening in town. Living in Portland, Maine means all of...
ISSUE 1 – BEGINNINGS: Each of the works we selected for the inaugural issue of Minerva Rising depicts the varied nature of beginnings. “To the Left is the Beach” illustrates how sometimes a beginning comes after a devastating loss. “The Womb...
Persimmon Tree, an online magazine of the arts by women over sixty, testifies to the ever-increasing fruitfulness, unparalleled wisdom, and sheer creative power that dwells within the generation of women writers who have walked the road ahead of us. The works in the...
My pain waltzed in to claim me when I was twenty-two and I felt a fateful twist behind my right knee, but it had eyed me in the years before. When I was sixteen I enjoyed my weekly singing lessons until the twenty-minute mark hit. At that point, I prayed to perfect...
On September 14th, I fly to Canterbury, England with 20 other students from my college for thirteen weeks. That’s 91 days, 2184 hours, 131,040 minutes that I will be worlds away from the two most significant people in my life – my fiancé, Malcom, and my 2 year old...
