November 16th, 2012 - Patrick Madden
In which the essayist returns to Montevideo, and to his decade-old essay, to update and to reconsider, perhaps to say goodbye...
August 4th, 2012 - Bolaji S. Ramos
My entire life was Mount Everest, hovering over my head, but already sliced into halves by the hanging and dangling Sword of Damocles
July 15th, 2012 - Karin Hedetniemi
Sometimes at the kitchen sink, my hands submerged in sudsy water, I experience a slip in perception.
June 24th, 2012 - June Gervais
When you finish writing your book, you will die.
June 16th, 2012 - Nance Van Winckel
A Face to Meet the Face On June 16, 2012, the day after my $500-facial, I luxuriated in the about-to-be-pretty feeling. I was almost...
June 16th, 2012 - Claire Polders
It’s counterproductive, self-destructive, to compare yourself to another writer...
June 12th, 2012 - Joe Neary
A resounding answer to a question I did not realize I had posed: you are not an object, but a possibility.
June 11th, 2012 - Sara Lippmann
The year finds me in a string of years on the verge of giving up. Ten years out of grad school with little to show for myself.
May 30th, 2012 - Sage Ravenwood
I didn’t feel worthy. There’s only so many ways you can say broken, suicidal, and stuck in an endless loop of therapy.
May 26th, 2012 - Rahma O. Jimoh
The May weather had just begun to spread its palms on our cheeks. The day was bright, save for the dark clouds gathering in the sky.