This is the beginning of a short story I have been working on. It has no title yet. For the sake of simplicity, I call it Elise…… Read more “Short Story Excerpt: Elise”
Tag: literature
Wifi & Marriage
It was two days before I left for a semester in London. I was sitting on the couch in my basement, drinking a glass of red wine…… Read more “Wifi & Marriage”
Proof there is god
The tears my mother cries as she washes dishes after dinner Vaughn Williams on the stereo The way my brother leans all of his weight into me…… Read more “Proof there is god”
Women of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar
Mrs. Willard “I had a picture of Mrs. Willard, with her heather-mixture tweeds and her sensible shoes and her wise, maternal maxims,” (Plath 218). “‘What a man…… Read more “Women of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar”
How to wear makeup on the days you do not leave the house
Put it on. Pull the mascara wand through your eyelashes. Do not think about it. Do not talk yourself out of it. Put it on. Pull your…… Read more “How to wear makeup on the days you do not leave the house”
Footnotes
I. Back and forth we went, trying to remember the word for words that sound the same but are spelled differently. A word from our youths when…… Read more “Footnotes”
A Two Euro Purchase
It was nine twenty in the morning when I arrived at the used book sale. In forty minutes my English class would begin just down the hall.…… Read more “A Two Euro Purchase”
Book Spotlight: A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini I could picture myself as a mother. The children and laundry. The sacrifice. The teaching. I could picture myself at…… Read more “Book Spotlight: A Thousand Splendid Suns”
Book Spotlight: Unaccustomed Earth
Book Spotlight: Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri I finished the book beneath a hot Michigan sun with a baseball cap protecting my scalp. In a reclining Adirondack…… Read more “Book Spotlight: Unaccustomed Earth”
Bee Abundant 