non-fiction
Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae written by: Valli Henry-Boldini - curriculum vitae (n.) "brief account of one's life and work," 1902, Latin, literally "course of one's life"...
Bearable Lightness
Bearable Lightness written by: Fay L. Loomis - I had a stroke seven years ago and became handicapped...
Just to Be Beside You (Is Enough)
Just to Be Beside You (is enough) written by: Kate Durrant - 'Does he know what day it is?’ they ask, head on one side...
Minnesota Sunday
Minnesota Sunday written by: Zary Fekete - Today I went back to the first church my family attended...
An Unexpected Gift
An Unexpected Gift written by: Elizabeth Bowden-David - My brother Stuart, who has been our mother’s caregiver for five years...
Christmas Avalanche
Christmas Avalanche written by: Lina Lambert - Not long after my 21st birthday, I accepted a dream job...
Growth Through Forgiveness
Growth Through Forgiveness written by: Donnalee Shapiro - I have been thinking about an image I witnessed 3 nights ago...
Pain on a Korean Island
Pain on a Korean Island written by: Ken Weiss - “If you marry that American,” asked my future mother-in-law...
First Class Love
First Class Love written by: Milt Mankoff - As an infrequent flyer who has never benefited from a corporate...
My Beloved Word
My Beloved Word written by: Etya Krichmar - In the treasury of my vocabulary, one word stands...
Shopping Day
Shopping Day written by: Lisa Rivers Kiesling - My mother didn’t know she was showing signs of the day's...
The Night My Daughter Never Came Home
The Night My Daughter Never Came Home
written by: Diana Burns
- It is a cool April evening...
Brittle Fragments
Brittle Fragments
written by: Fay L. Loomis
- I don’t remember how Louise and I met. We were students...
