nelfa wrote 5 days ago: There are places and people in our lives that we can never do without. Like brushing our teeth, or … more →
jonjost wrote 5 days ago: WTC 9/11 ceremony, 2009 Disney pigments Jacko’s house Marietta, Ohio Ralph Stanley Columbus, N … more →
poetscorneronwpfw wrote 1 week ago: This is the way it starts. I’m writing a new book and like my last book (and probably the next … more →
thewholebenchilada wrote 1 week ago: An early draft of a college essay that I just couldn’t cut down to the proper word count. Neve … more →
poetscorneronwpfw wrote 2 weeks ago: It feels like a week since I’ve had time to post. But there’s good reason, I’ve b … more →
mamashaal wrote 2 weeks ago: This piece was published in Sister Magazine Autum Issue 2009. Mishaal Mir experiences her homecomi … more →
femspotter wrote 2 weeks ago: November 7, 2009 I love shopping for drugstore cosmetics. It’s like being in that fabulous box of 64 … more →
paulehawkins wrote 2 weeks ago: Reports said he flew into the night without being instrument rated. No one could believe he had been … more →
jonjost wrote 3 weeks ago: Nebraska, springtime My own body makes its minor key announcements: neck slipped out of alignment r … more →
poetscorneronwpfw wrote 3 weeks ago: courtesy of Laura Hartmark Where it’s Not Happening: Thoughts on Looking for the Place of Inspiratio … more →
thewholebenchilada wrote 3 weeks ago: An essay written for my AP English class, based in premise on the book “The Things They Carrie … more →
andrealein wrote 1 month ago: This afternoon I walked into the kitchen and lo and behold! there on the counter, in all its late-af … more →
thewholebenchilada wrote 1 month ago: This the part where I admit I was wrong. I was wrong to not go to Homecoming for three years. I was … more →
Natalia Antonova wrote 1 month ago: No one single instant of it was unendurable. Here was a second right here: he endured it. What was u … more →
femspotter wrote 1 month ago: October 16, 2009 I often wonder where human decency has gone…drifted away, it seems, on a sea of rig … more →
Natalia Antonova wrote 1 month ago: Because Safiya has been on my case about this (she’s been on my case about lots of things, whi … more →
Jeff wrote 1 month ago: Over the years, I have written tons of personal essays — many of which have been published in … more →
Natalia Antonova wrote 1 month ago: I admire Chekhov, and not just for his writing, and not just because he was startlingly hot either. … more →
writingsbycooper wrote 1 month ago: My husband and I are standing inthe emergency room of a Boston hospital. We’ve come because my … more →