Category Archives: Memoir

Youth for the President

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Barry Alfonso

A reformed prankster recalls his experience as a fake Nixon booster. Continue reading →

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Reading Malcolm X in Texas

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Khirad Siddiqui

What can hold you through the hate? Khirad Siddiqui on embracing hijab and Malcolm X and finding a new world in our world. Continue reading →

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Playing the Donald Trump Game

Posted on January 18, 2017 by Fiona Helmsley

I noticed a phenomenon during this election. Vulnerable, marginalized people supporting Donald Trump—or at least claiming publicly to support Donald Trump. Continue reading →

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Home States

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Nathaniel Missildine

What happens when your absentee vote is not enough to prevent the worst-case scenario? What happens if you try to return home? Continue reading →

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The Portrait-Sitter: Poverty, Intimacy, Paint, & Naples

Posted on September 29, 2016 by John Domini

In an excerpt from his memoir-in-progress, Cooking the Octopus, writer John Domini tells of a sweltering Naples afternoon spent as a painter’s subject. Continue reading →

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July, 2016

Posted on September 16, 2016 by Joe Daly

Dogs, dads and girls bearing cannolis. Joe will never forget July, 2016. Continue reading →

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Clementine, Aloft

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Janet Steen

Kindles, TED talks, yoga shreds, and memes: in the end, maybe there is no real accounting for time. Continue reading →

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