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Fiercely
by Will Montei | Sep 14, 2016 | Placeless
Its branches bloomed with little white, fuzzy pearls that I thought were baby rabbits being born.
People Watching
by Catherine Kramer | Sep 13, 2016 | Placeless
“All the lonely people / where do they all come from? All the lonely people / are they actually as lonely as they look or are they just having a bad day?” – Paul McCartney and me
The West
by Abby Zwart | Sep 12, 2016 | Chicago, Michigan, Montana, Washington
I’ve never quite understood the call of the West, a siren song so strong that some will risk—and lose—their lives to follow it.
The Pink Shirt Problem
by Elaine Schnabel | Sep 11, 2016 | Placeless
I reach for something on the floor, feel a breeze on my chest, and we both realize why the shirt has been so long closeted. “Oh,” I say. “Damn.”
I Could Never
by Katie Van Zanen | Sep 10, 2016 | Massachusetts
Here I am, commuting by car into the big city. Here I am, one half of a white couple in an immigrant town. Here I am, trying to live honestly in an unfamiliar place, with imagination and empathy.
I Love My Life
by Bart Tocci | Sep 9, 2016 | Massachusetts
“When I’m feeling tired, when I’m feeling upset, when I don’t want to get out of bed, you know what I say? I. Love. My. Life.” She paused, looked at us, and yelled, “I LOVE MY LIFE!”
Tales from the Third Shift
by Paul Menn | Sep 8, 2016 | Placeless
Third shift at a hotel is a unique experience. I get to see the raw, unvarnished self of people. The truth behind their public façade.
Recent Reasons to Believe in Goodness
by Caroline (Higgins) Nyczak | Sep 7, 2016 | Michigan, New Hampshire, New York
The sun keeps rising everyday, whether you wake early to see it or not. (Every now and then, you should wake early.)
The Tinder Boys
by Josh deLacy | Sep 6, 2016 | Washington
They looked friendly enough. Cute, too, but that probably wouldn’t be the point. I had suffered through enough bad Tinder dates to abandon all hope of swiping my way into love.
How to Compose a Sermon in 10 Super Simple Steps
by Alissa Anderson | Sep 5, 2016 | Placeless
1. Look up the passages you’ll be preaching on and read them.
The 42,000-Meter Flaming Bull Survival Sprint
by Ben Rietema | Sep 4, 2016 | Placeless
Like Bob Costas, who only gets pulled out every two years from whatever coat closet NBC hides him in, the Olympics are full of those sports that no one really cares about until the next Olympics.
My Father’s Meadow
by Meg Schmidt | Sep 3, 2016 | Placeless
My father walks the meadow in the early morning.
Water and Blood
by Jacob Schepers | Sep 2, 2016 | Placeless
It takes two to tango. If the mosquito gets off scot-free, successful and without need of a getaway car, this robber has engorged itself with three times its weight in blood.
In Defense of Emojis
by Katerina Parsons | Sep 1, 2016 | Placeless
Texting without emojis is like talking with your hands behind your back. Certainly possible—but a little less dynamic.
The Incident of the Bug in the Bathroom
by Erin Koster | Aug 31, 2016 | Placeless
With all the grace of a victorious warrior princess, I gave my mortal enemy’s remains a proper burial.
Learning to Let Me Be Me
by Abby Paternoster | Aug 30, 2016 | Placeless
I have been letting myself down for as long as I can remember.
April 24, 2004
by Isaac Vis | Aug 29, 2016 | Placeless
I, Isaac Vis. The scrawny, pale fifteen-year-old whose mom still cookie-cut his peanut butter and jelly sandwiches into heart shapes. Had. Kissed. A. Girl!
A Metal History
by Brad Zwiers | Aug 27, 2016 | Placeless
Metalcore, death metal, melodic death metal, black metal, djent, speed metal, thrash metal, hair metal, nu-metal, doom metal, grind, hardcore, post-hardcore, southern metal, sludge metal…
Think Outside the Bell
by Nick Meekhof | Aug 26, 2016 | Grand Rapids
“Guys, I’m pretty hammered right now. Who’s feeling Arby’s?” said no one ever.
Gift and Choice
by Jack VA | Aug 25, 2016 | Placeless
Sometimes my mind gets stuck on things. For the last five years or so, it’s been stuck on a person: Jai Paul.
My Flings with Absent Men
by Julia LaPlaca | Aug 23, 2016 | Placeless
But, as a single woman with no romantic prospects on the current horizon, I’ve gained the most intimacy with two men I have never met.
Lugares: The Long Awaited English Translation of a Portuguese Poetic Masterpiece
by Matt Medendorp | Aug 22, 2016 | Portugal
I’m proud to present my abridged and condensed translations of Maria Andresen de Sousa’s brilliant book Lugares.
The Mundane Greatness of Michael Phelps
by Andrew Orlebeke | Aug 21, 2016 | Placeless
Of course Michael Phelps won another gold medal. Why should we expect anything different?
Friends Like These
by Gabe Gunnink | Aug 20, 2016 | Washington
Success, money, fame, and even romance feel laughably conceptualized when placed against the visceral reality of friends singing along the highway and filling the car with farts.
Grief and Loss and Slapstick
by Mary Margaret Healy | Aug 19, 2016 | Placeless
Tommy Boy, the stupid, slapstick-esque comedy with Chris Farley and David Spade that was made in 1995, is not a good movie.
Harry Potter and the Unfortunate Sequel
by Ben DeVries | Aug 18, 2016 | Placeless
More crucially, the Time-Turner plot that comprises the latter two-thirds of the play codes almost as a kind of high-level fan-fiction.
Mo Money
by Geneva Langeland | Aug 17, 2016 | Ann Arbor
I decided to put my money where my mouth has been since I started touting the importance of small-scale local agriculture six years ago.
Summer Reading
by Andrew Knot | Aug 16, 2016 | Placeless
For those looking to turn off cable news, run away from polls, or escape Twitter, perhaps one of these recommendations could serve as a reminder of what lasts.
When the Gulls Descend
by Cassie Westrate | Aug 15, 2016 | Michigan
Seagulls—by land, sea or any other name—are seagulls. They’re annoying birds, but they’re honest ones.
Relient K Is Still Relevent
by Will Montei | Aug 14, 2016 | Placeless
You stopped listening to Relient K after 2004’s Mmhmm.
Listen, I get it. I was in the same boat.
