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Admit It

by Cotter Koopman | Apr 2, 2020 | Placeless

At the risk of trivializing everything else, one of the things that scares me most about the president is his refusal to admit to tiny mistakes.

One Day We’ll Tell the Story

by Katerina Parsons | Apr 1, 2020 | Placeless

But one day we started to tell the story, and as we heard it coming from our mouths we knew it meant the story was behind us, and we had lived through it.

Community Switching

by Caitlin Strikwerda | Mar 31, 2020 | Placeless

Someday I think I’ll stay, and perhaps that will be the hardest choice of all.

Going Nowhere

by Daniel Hickey | Mar 30, 2020 | Placeless

When it is, in fact, your duty not to go anywhere, going to nowhere starts to look like going somewhere.

The District Sleeps Alone Again

by Renee Maring | Mar 29, 2020 | Washington, D.C.

It’s been almost a month since I hopped on the 92 bus and sat next to my soccer teammate on the way to our game, both of us taking turns to explain why we’re running late this time.

Mailbag from Myself

by Brad Zwiers | Mar 27, 2020 | Grand Rapids, Michigan

No one has any idea what to do, and we’re all trying to use what we’ve got to make things work.

Snail Saga, Pt. 2: Cohabitating with Tiny Corpses

by Annaka Koster | Mar 26, 2020 | Michigan

When confronted with a dozen or so unexpected snails, one faces questions of moral principle one never thought one would.

“Trying Experience,” 6 Letters –

by Katie Van Zanen | Mar 25, 2020 | Placeless

It’s tempting, as the writer, to make a trite connection here to challenges I have previously risen to (a potentially boring speech about crossword puzzles).

Entropy

by Leigh Peterson | Mar 24, 2020 | France, Grand Rapids, Michigan

The first time I saw them, I was sitting on Cotter’s lap—he had been my best friend for probably six years at that point—at a meeting I crashed after coming home early from France.

Isolation Isogloss

by Alex Westenbroek | Mar 23, 2020 | Placeless

If language has a glue, it’s social interaction.

Screwtape’s COVID-19 Dispatches

by Emily Joy Stroble | Mar 21, 2020 | Placeless

March 17
Virilina,
Your urgent missile of alarm last night was most unprofessional.

The Resurrection of Things

by Gabe Gunnink | Mar 20, 2020 | Placeless

Whoever said money can’t buy happiness clearly never bought a cozy cerulean sweater.

Love in the Time of COVID-19

by Mary Margaret Healy | Mar 19, 2020 | Placeless

Will the sting of the adhesive ripping against our tender skin be an experience we can learn and grow from?

Grandma’s Bread

by Ben DeVries | Mar 18, 2020 | Placeless

If terroir survives the conceptual transplant from grape-growing to bread-baking, then it’s no surprise that I’ve failed to replicate my grandma’s bread.