BAD SPELL – By Autumn Shah
BAD SPELLBy Autumn Shah
My mom says she was under a spell when she married Kris Chapman.She thought he looked like the dashing actor, Omar Sharif. But really, he...
AN EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN – By Patrick Hahn
AN EXTRAORDINARY WOMANBy Patrick Hahn
Did I ever tell you about my one degree of separation from the late Dwight David Eisenhower? That’s right, between me and the 34th...
UNSENT LETTER – By Holley Hyler
UNSENT LETTERBy Holley Hyler
My Love,It is a sunny afternoon in late summer, and the world is alive with color that is doing its damnedest to chip away at...
PARENTING REDUX – By Pam Munter
PARENTING REDUXBy Pam Munter
How old was I when I realized I was the family’s black sheep? As long as I can remember, I knew I could not trust...
A INSIGNIFICÂNCIA DE SER UMA COISA – Rita de Kasia A. Amaral
A INSIGNIFICÂNCIA DE SER UMA COISARita de Kasia A. Amaral
Eu sou uma coisa. Ou eu fui uma coisa? Acho que antes eu era uma coisa e agora sou...
UNDERWORLDS APART: A STORY FOR AILIE – By Mindy Watson
UNDERWORLDS APART: A STORY FOR AILIEBy Mindy Watson
My Ailie,Newly three years old, you’re a different flower bud to me every day: one day fierce tiger lily, knocking down...
ABOUT FOOD – By Michelle Cacho-Negrete
ABOUT FOODBy Michelle Cacho-Negrete
My mother loved food but she hated cooking either because she wasn't good at it or wasn't good at it because she hated it. Her...
MY FATHER – By Paul Petruccelli
MY FATHERBy Paul Petruccelli
At 5:30 a.m., the sun has not quite begun its ascent behind my sister’s house, on the other side of the golf course she could...
BERKELEY REVISITED – By Alice Lowe
BERKELEY REVISITEDBy Alice Lowe
I was 42 when I first set foot on the “Cal” campus, the University of California, Berkeley. I still can feel the shockwaves—instant, intense—followed by...