A newspaper journalist’s attempt to correct the record.
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Ain’t No One Here But Just Us Chickens
Daniel Wallace killed a chicken — and it didn’t really change him. He reflects on the strange ease of poultry murder and the inevitability of death in this fun but sobering piece in the Bitter Southerner.
Posted inBooks, Fiction, First Chapters, Story
Getting Out the Message To Save Himself
In Don Waters’ short story “Full of Days,” a grieving Las Vegas man uses an anti-abortion billboard to justify his own pained existence.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
The Admission
Stacy Torres recalls the mixture of frustration and relief that came with checking herself into a New York City psych ward at the age of 20.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Being a Girl: A Brief Personal History of Violence
Anne Thériault, on The Belle Jar, traces a lifetime of gendered violence, assault, harassment, and threats starting at age six in this brutal but important read.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
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A newspaper journalist’s attempt to correct the record.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Being a Girl: A Brief Personal History of Violence
Anne Thériault, on The Belle Jar, traces a lifetime of gendered violence, assault, harassment, and threats starting at age six in this brutal but important read.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction
King-Killers in America (and the American Who Avenged the King)
When Charles II regained the throne, he launched a global manhunt for the judges who had sentenced his father to death.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Utter Neutrality
On working as a sign language interpreter for the defendant in a murder case.
