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 | Sep 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
Several years ago, Stephen Colbert gave the commencement speech at my alma mater, Knox College. He talked about the importance of approaching life as improv. He explained that when actors improvise, the scene unfolds as each individual says, Yes, and. You have to...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | Aug 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
Muse. My elusive, ephemeral Muse. Last Monday I left Philadelphia International Airport at 6:20 AM. I traveled all the way to the red and yellow bluffs of Ghost Ranch, in Abiquiu, New Mexico trying to find her. It’s pretty far to travel. But I’d won a Fellowship...
by minervarising | Aug 19, 2013 | Blog, Staff Picks
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...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | Aug 8, 2013 | Blog, The Keeping Room
On a rainy afternoon in the spring of 2011, my five-year-old son dumped a heavy book into my lap and said, “Read.” I opened the book and read the first line: “All children, except one, grow up.” The book was Peter Pan and Wendy, by J.M. Barrie, first published in...
