Just Warming Up: Q&A with Kristen Iskandrian
by Sonya Chung
“I wanted to explore motherhood via daughterhood—what kind of mother is an unprepared, unwilling mother? Can she still be ‘good’?”
Latest Entries
“Ike, Sharon and Me”: An excerpt
by Peter Ferry
After the fire that burned her house to the ground … there had been some unspecified problems with the insurance and also some questions about smoke detectors: had they been operational? Had they failed? Why hadn’t they awakened the family? Or had they perhaps awakened the children? They didn’t remember. Continue reading
Q&A with Lisa Ko: Trying and Failing and Trying Again
By Terry Hong
The real-life stories that first inspired The Leavers involved the children of these immigrant women adopted into mostly white, middle-class American families—and courts were saying that this was a “better fit” for the children, even if their mothers wanted to keep them. Continue reading
Essays / Features / Nonfiction
Reading My Mother’s Mind: On Packing Up a Personal Library
by Lisa Peet
Books had always been a language my mother and I shared when she was well . . . And yet—once I was alone in her apartment with a stack of boxes, tasked with this move, and her books were all mine to do with as I liked, I knew one thing right away: I didn’t want them. Continue reading
Magnificent & Perfect: Artist-Entrepreneur Sue Slaughter aka The Butterfly Lady
by Joan Schweighardt
“I also teach anyone who happens to come to my door. Last week a mom and her two kids showed up . . . They left joyously, with [a cat], an enclosure, and some milkweed. Isn’t that how it’s supposed to work?” Continue reading
GO FIGURE: “Requires Great Fantasy”
By Susan Sechrist
“The fiction is self-contained and self-referential; it can stand alone as a finished version of reality, albeit in a consensually-agreed upon, useful disguise.” Continue reading
FIVE IN BLOOM: Poetry & Politics
by Mollie Weisenfeld
These poets’ experiences come across in their work, which can be fraught, censored, but above all, vital to seeing through new lenses and into different worlds. Continue reading
Authors / Features / Fiction / Interviews
Transformation as Action: Q & A with Caitlin Hamilton Summie
by Evelyn Somers
“I want to know what took my character there, and I care very much how he fares after he pulls in the drive. Perhaps these moments are where I live as a person.” Continue reading
