Boxelder bugs swarmed the cinder block wall at our back while we waited for our ride. A few fluttered, struggling to stay aloft in the thick air, their orange-red wing veins flashing. I cupped my hands, gently caught one. … more
Category Archives: CREATIVE NONFICTION
Boldly Stay
CREATIVE NONFICTION by D. L. LoganI clung to the hope these people brought into my life: hope for a future full of grace and dignity; hope for a future with endless possibilities and knowledge at my fingertips; and hope for a life beyond poverty and pain—that included endless mounds of chocolate and cups of Earl Grey. … more
=/+ until they get punched in the mouth, boxing and cyber writing in America
CREATIVE NONFICTION by Derek MaineWhy, then, is it so grotesque to imagine writing about writers living lives and writing? I’ll tell you. It’s because no one wants to read about writers living lives and writing, least of all writers, who are the last readers. I’m told.… more
Buoys
CREATIVE NONFICTION by Wilson KoewingFlorida was like a page of loose leaf. Nothing and everything possible simultaneously. … more
A Healing and Killing Lesson
CREATIVE NONFICTION by Arturo DesimoneMy father took a plastic bottle of motor-oil from the pantry and took me outside. “Go, and pour this under the tires,” he said (He sounded like the God of the Old Testament telling Moses “Go into Canaan, and slay all the men…”)… more
To Have and To Hold
CREATIVE NONFICTION by Matt MuilenburgI was never the patient, never the one forced to grapple with what it means to lose a part of one’s body. I was never the survivor, just the placebo, the control in a world stripped of predictability.… more
Shining the Shoes of the Shoeshine Man
CREATIVE NONFICTION by Joseph S. HirschI am a fool and would prefer to remain one. It beats the alternative. … more
Sharon Tate Has Always Haunted My Dreams (On the Ending of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
CREATIVE NONFICTION by Steve AdamsFair warning: I’m giving away the ending. I am going there, because that’s what the movie’s all about, and you should’ve seen it by now anyway. Like me, Tarantino grew up on B movies, drive-in movies, low-budget films with directors desperate enough to take creative chances to pull in an audience, often through shock and… more
Two Essays
CREATIVE NONFICTION by David TromblayDad knows no other way to teach you Indians aren’t magical or mystical, despite what the T.V. and the teacher who made you read The Indian in the Cupboard has taught you.… more
Wild/Life
CREATIVE NONFICTION by Christopher LockeTraveling Mexico has its own challenges. So why do I always want to crank the danger up to 11?… more
