The Weight of Departure
September 30, 2019Essay by Eric Stinton
I could move in any direction or be motionless, disconnected from everything—my life back in Korea, my plans to move home.
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My Heart Will Go On
September 30, 2019Essay by Hillary Moses Mohaupt
I turned to the only francophone music I could find in northern Illinois: the early Canadian albums of Céline Dion.
The Loss
September 30, 2019Essay by Edward M. Cohen
When I awake with no desire to rush for a pen, it’s hard to see the value in what is happening.
Invisible Gardener
September 30, 2019Essay by Valerie Bacharach
I don’t know why I think of her now, standing at the cliff’s edge, nothing before me but water.
Daytime All the Time
September 30, 2019Essay by Jeremiah Horrigan
Everyone else in my family would remember me when I was gone. But not him.
Rooted in Place
September 30, 2019Essay by Ryder S. Ziebarth
That spring, still lamenting the loss of sidewalks, my daughter would barely leave the house without me by her side.
D Is for Decomposition
September 30, 2019Flash Essays by David Carlin and Nicole Walker
My decomposing body might be inspiration for whole tribes of thankful creatures in the soil.
