I knew Mom couldn’t remove her wedding and engagement rings. Literally, could not get them off: the knuckle of her ring finger was swollen way beyond the size of the rings
Creative Nonfiction
The Keeping Room is an online magazine for all women writers, poets, and artists.
We are looking to publish your short stories, essays, free writing, poetry, and photo essays that touch on topics related to Women’s Wisdom, Lessons Learned, Self-care, Bodies, Relationships, and Community.
Writers selected for publication will be paid $25
That Irresistible Pull by Karen Skalitzky
“I want to be more interesting,” I tell my friend two days after I turned 55.
Finding the Lightships with Birdy by Akkiah Davison-Floyd
I walk quietly to Birdy’s room and softly seat myself on a rocking chair. It’s late, the sun has already set. A small bedside lamp casts off a soft golden glow. Her bed is lowered to the floor. Feather stuffed duvets…
The Interloper by Kandi Maxwell
“You should meet, Jonnie,” my friend, Glenda says. “You two have so much in common.” We both hike, camp, and love animals. He has horses, I have wolf dogs. He lives in a cabin he built himself. I live in a renovated barn.
A Woman’s Right to Bear by Tasha Bovain
Photo by Matthias Wagner via UnsplashBefore I knew what I wanted to do for a living as an adult, I imagined my life as...
Banned Book Week by Kim Brown
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 on the corner
A Lesson in Art & Life by Geri Lipschultz
Photo of Denali by authorI’ll say right now that I did not see Matanuska Glacier or Kenai fjords or Resurrection Bay...
Awakening by Mary Lane Potter
Painting by Miriam Zora Engel (author’s daughter)“Do you know what dust is?” my twelve-year-old daughter asks, looking...
A Scar That Burns by April McCloud
The thing I remember most about dying, is how much it burns.
Why Motherhood by Shay Galloway
My mother did not want seven children. She birthed me at the age of seventeen, her high school diploma incomplete, her...
The Turquoise Mountains by Anne-Marie Delaunay-Danizio
My first canvas hangs on the wall of my art studio in Waltham, MA. It is an abstract landscape of blues, browns, and purples, evoking mountains, lakes, and volcanoes.