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The Last Bookstore and the Edge of the Map
by Emily Joy Stroble | Aug 21, 2022 | California
It’s not a tomb in a solid or permanent way, not a grave. This is the gilded foyer to another world.
The Poor You Will Always Have With You
by Katerina Parsons | Aug 20, 2022 | Placeless
Yet, I remembered over coffee, a broad view of justice may sometimes include simply “giving people a fish.”
Did You Catch Anything?
by Lillie Spackman | Aug 19, 2022 | Oregon
I stood in the middle of the stream, my line whizzing back and forth, back and forth as I tried to remind my arm how to lay the line down gently.
What I Read over My Summer Vacation Is…
by Ben DeVries | Aug 18, 2022 | Placeless
Kimmerer’s book is—I should stop myself. It’s one of those books that’s easy to lapse into cliché when describing.
Finding Home
by Laura Sheppard Song | Aug 17, 2022 | Canada, Michigan, Wisconsin
We could’ve seen the excessive nail-marks in the wall as holes, but we chose to see them as opportunities—convenient holders for tiki umbrellas during our tropical-themed party.
Why I Wanted to Leave the Church, and Why I Stayed
by Tiffany Kajiwara | Aug 16, 2022 | Grand Rapids
I didn’t question if they still loved me; I questioned whether they thought I belonged in the house of God and if I would stay.
A Field Guide for Spotting a Good Adaptation
by Courtney Zonnefeld | Aug 15, 2022 | Placeless
Instead of caring about Oberon, Titania, Puck, and their compatriots, I spent my time wondering what chaos backstage had created the confusion onstage.
Terminal Restlessness
by Michal Rubingh | Aug 14, 2022 | Hungary, Michigan, New Jersey
But grown women usually don’t wail on an eight-hour flight over the Atlantic.
Healing Girl Summer
by Olivia Harre | Aug 13, 2022 | Michigan
I’ve dubbed this summer as “healing girl summer” (instead of the trendy and probably more fun, TikTok-approved hot girl summer).
fecundity!
by Jack Kamps | Aug 12, 2022 | New Jersey
Despite our best efforts, however, okra gets overly large and woody, tomatoes drop to the ground and burst, lettuce bolts, and basil goes to seed.
The Toilet
by Gabrielle Eisma | Aug 11, 2022 | Grand Rapids
He looked at the toilet, catching my eye with a light that told me he already saw the heavenly cubit instructions.
A Place I Mostly Hated
by Philip Rienstra | Aug 10, 2022 | Placeless
The outlets worked some of the time but not always, and bugs could come in through a crack in the door frame that didn’t shut when you closed the door.
I Think Your Intentionally Hairless Body Is Weird
by Gwyneth Findlay | Aug 9, 2022 | Placeless
I can sympathize with bowing to the weight of societal pressure, but the potential roots of that pressure make me deeply uncomfortable.
Concertgoing
by Josh Parks | Aug 8, 2022 | New York
The employee scanning tickets even told me excitedly that I was the second person ever to use their “add tickets to Apple Wallet” feature.
Hey Susannah, You Don’t Need to Carry Everyone’s Backpacks
by Susannah Boersma | Aug 7, 2022 | Michigan, New York
Well okay, Stephen Sondheim, just go ahead and call me right out.
Chocolate & Homage
by Hannah Riffell | Aug 6, 2022 | Placeless
We always returned to our mother beaming, holding up the objective of our mission.
Prayer for the Internet
by Alex Johnson | Aug 5, 2022 | Placeless
Be with the internet archivists, continually trying to record an ever-shifting and ever-decaying virtual world.
Morning Walks
by Ansley Kelly | Aug 3, 2022 | Placeless
Sometimes I take my tea, and sometimes I don’t.
Froot Loops and How to Fill My Days
by Christina Ribbens | Aug 2, 2022 | Washington, D.C.
If I were to sit down with past Christina I’d want to relieve some of that angst, although I’m not sure if she’d like the answers I’d give.
Netflix Left Me Unpersuaded
by Juliana Knot | Aug 1, 2022 | Placeless
Wry and dry, with plenty of direct addresses to the camera, the movie falls short.
River Fever
by Jon Gorter | Jul 28, 2022 | North Carolina
I smell the sweet river dew and hear the rush of water over rock, and I’m launched back in time to my hunter-gatherer roots.
I’m Running With Scissors
by Anna Jeffries | Jul 27, 2022 | Placeless
I don’t know this new brain of mine or what I can do with it. I didn’t know my Lexapro brain or my Zoloft brain, either.
Faillyship
by Annaka Koster | Jul 26, 2022 | Placeless
It’s the last time they ever come to the library.
“Follow Instructions”
by Natasha (Strydhorst) Unsworth | Jul 25, 2022 | Placeless
We are notoriously poor followers of instructions. Even simple ones. Even conspicuously beneficial ones.
A Sad Lesson from Pitching Articles
by Joshua Polanski | Jul 24, 2022 | Placeless
We live in a world so flooded by “entertainments” that the “novels” are drowning.
Why I Don’t Like My Birthday
by Mitchell Barbee | Jul 23, 2022 | Placeless
I’m not really sure I need a reason.
A New Chapter
by Kayleigh (Fongers) Van Wyk | Jul 22, 2022 | Placeless
Change is difficult, even if it’s for the better.
A Letter from the Loneliest Species
by Emily Joy Stroble | Jul 21, 2022 | Placeless
We never see anything but the familiar.
Language Learning
by Chad Westra | Jul 20, 2022 | Placeless
There’s no better way to get to know people, to disarm prejudices, and to remove the barrier of “the other” than to learn a language.
DB Cooper and Unsolved Mysteries
by Lillie Spackman | Jul 19, 2022 | Washington
Like all Northwesterners, I do have my own pet theory about the Cooper case.
