Every year throughout its tenure on Mars, the Curiosity Rover sang itself “Happy Birthday” on August fifth. I told you about it once, in the car, on the way home from the hospital …
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
Gold Sneakers: What a Saudi Woman Taught Me About Agency by Helen Collins Sitler
Photo by Foad Roshan via UnsplashGold sneakers peeked out from under Safiya’s plain abaya. We both grinned when she...
There Are Giants in the Sky by Natalie Chih-lu Hung
One chilly February evening, my 4-year-old and I sit on his bed, our eyes locked in a playful stand-off. He has just requested Goldilocks and the Three Bears as his bedtime story for the 21st time in a row …
Her Longing & His Loneliness by L Grace G
Our marriage counselor asked, “So, what happened that night?”
DOGGED by Marty Kingsbury
In my 71 years of life, I’ve known lots of pain: scrapes and stitches and broken bones. Pinched sciatica…
Jesus Is Delicious by Monica J. Casper
I was small when my mom and my sister, and I left a drafty old house in coal country for Chicago. We had tickets to Bozo’s Circus, which we’d only ever seen on TV…
Lipstick by Norma Schafer
The tube is gold and metallic blue, scratched, tarnished, and well-worn. The removable gold top has ridges with the raised edges now silvery, signs of its aging.
Dinner for Two Lovely People by Tracy Harris
You can tell when a binge is about to happen. Just as the sky darkens and the air grows thick with moisture before a thunderstorm, a binge starts with warning signs.
Glimpses by Anne E. Beall
A few months ago, I looked up and realized you were walking along the sidewalk in front of me. You walked as if you weren’t sure of yourself—not convinced you had a solid place on this earth…
An Echo in the Forest by Jennifer Dodge
It was a spur-of-the-moment camping trip. Normally, you plan your outdoor adventures well in advance. You want to gaze up at the stars …
Sex and Death by Leslie Tucker
I think about sex a lot lately and it’s because there’s so much death occurring all around me. I’m viscerally...