Originally posted on Lisa Lanser Rose:
Click to Buy! A number of you have been asking, and I’m so grateful and happy–The Florida Review with my award-winning essay, “Turnpike Psycho,” is now…
Now “Turnpike Psycho” can be yours!
Lisa Lanser Rose
I'm Trick Dog Trainer, the co-host of the podcast This Animal Life, and the author two books, the memoir, For the Love of a Dog, (Harmony Books), and the novel, Body Sharers (Rutgers University Press). Body Sharers placed among the finalists for the PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award for Best First Novel. Recent honors include finalist for the 2017 Frank McCourt Memoir Prize, winner of the 2016 Briar Cliff Review Nonfiction Award, winner of the 2013 Florida Review Editor’s Award, and a Best American Essays 2015 Notable Essay. I teach creative writing and dog training in Tampa Bay.
WFD: Kitchen Table: A History by Jill Talbot
Originally posted on Writers for Dinner:
Kitchen Table: A History by Jill Talbot I thought the refrigerator was a stove. From the pictures the landlady e-mailed of the apartment we’d be renting…
8 Reasons Why I’m Not Having Children
“Why am I asked to defend my choice on a regular basis? And why is my husband — who has made the same choice — never publicly shamed as I am? “This […]
In a Black Tank Top
by Danielle DeTeberus, in Rattle #44 Love Poems
Congrats to Sirens Katie Riegel, Lisa Lanser Rose, and Sister Sirens
Great Day for Women Writers! We’re proud to announce that Katie Riegel, many sister Sirens, and I have work appearing this stunning issue of The Florida Review. It is packed cover-to-cover with some of the […]
The Great 2014 Celebrity Nude Photos Leak is only the beginning
“Celebrities are just like us until they aren’t, until such intrusion involves the celebrity woman’s body, in intimate poses, splayed across the internet for delectation and debauchery and debate.” by Roxane Gay […]
Naming the Baby
by Faith Shearin When you are dreaming of the name you are also dreaming of who they might be. They are invented in darkness — under cloak of skin — and, for the […]
Dogs and Murder: A Meditation on First-Degree Fun
A lot of people think if you love dogs, you’re probably personifying them. It’s easy to see why when people carry them around in Snuggies or put them in T-shirts that say, […]
The Dark Side of the Dog Star
In this last week of the Dog Days of summer, I say let’s take another look at why these days are “dog.” I already mentioned what’s so “major” about Canis Major; the constellation dominates […]
What’s Up the Last Week of the Dog Days?
This is the last week of the Dog Days of Summer, marking the end of the reign of Sirius and the constellation called “Canis Major.” The constellation Canis Major contains the star called “Alpha Canis” […]
The Gloria Sirens 