By: Andrew Chinich Shrimp, my Shrimp. How she came to be called Shrimp wasn’t nearly as interesting as the tale I wove of how she came by the name. I would tell […]
Crustacean Love
The Inclusion Orthodoxy: what we write about when we write about diversity
By: Joe Bardin I don’t get out much as a writer, so attending a conference on nonfiction writing was an exposing experience. Someone joked by the end that this gaggle of introverted […]
Writing such a tribute to Anna Akhmatova
By: Pawel Markiewicz We have given a mathematical sum; components are flowers or blossoms, namely: a lady’s slipper’ orchid as well as a bleeding-heart. The flowers of the the lady’s slipper’ orchid […]
Lament for a future in memory of Leonard Cohen
By Ron Ridenour I cried again this morning. Tears just burst out as I was dusting the house. I’d set Leonard Cohen “The Future” album on the record player to accompany my […]
Who’s Afraid of Pathetic Fallacy? Ted Kooser Meets Walt Disney
By: Don Thompson 1. Deep in the weeds of volume three of Modern Painters (in Part IV and Chapter XII), John Ruskin has included an essay under the title, “Of The Pathetic Fallacy”. […]
The Dean
By Rey Armenteros Listen to the details of this carefully to get my point. I was walking into a college office with a resume in my hand. I had no appointment. I […]
Uncle Sam
By: Denise Woods 1. At ten years old, I just got used to the world I lived in. I’m not ready to see everything change before my eyes. I was born in […]
Reading Armistead Maupin as a Teenager in Rural Virginia
By: Jessica McCaughey BJ’s Books was the kind of dusty, well-stocked used bookstore you’d expect to find on a quaint city street, urban but with a clean sidewalk and trees. Perhaps the shop […]
Why the Revolution of Modern Life is Intelligent, Moral and Beautiful
By: Thomas Dexter Kerr It is an exciting and hopeful time to be alive. A revolution is sweeping the earth, increasing intelligence by allowing, enabling, inspiring ever more people to make more decisions […]
Confirm or Conform?
By: Indu Pandey Confirm or Conform, both the terms revolve around the social norms that govern individual’s behaviour/ belief system. If we look at our social practices, these are rigid and deeply rooted […]
