CW: sexual violence
The man who settled himself between my legs was twice my size. I immediately felt suffocated beneath the pressure of his weight …
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
The Shattered Six-Year-Old Speaks and I Ask her to Return by Gabrielle Ariella Kaplan-Mayer
The shattered six-year-old
Threads
By Billie Hinton
My grandma’s Singer was black with a yellow and orange floral pattern on the side. It folded down like origami into a...
Night Owls
By MJ Lemire
My mom forgets that she lives in China. “I live in Michigan.” she tells me during our Skype chats, the South China Sea...
The Idol
By Jewel Beth Davis
In the early 90s, I was hired to act in Film Directing classes for two summers at the Maine Photographic and Film...
Gift
By Chanel Brenner
I became a mother when Riley was born. I became a poet when he died. His death and writing poetry are intertwined like...
Family Jewels
By Nancy Jorgensen
Nana, my mother's mother, was the maven of molasses creams, maple syrup, piggy-back rides, pickled beets, knits and...