by Sally Bliumis-Dunn The white and black squares promise order in the morning mess of mulling over the latest political morass, what’s on sale at Kohl’s, the book review. Each letter, shared, which […]
“Crossword”
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.
Why You Should Stop Hating Your Body & Just Be Happy
This was really hard for me to write. 2003. I’m standing in front of the mirror. There’s a sliver of light between my thighs, and I think, “Oh, thank god.” I briefly contemplate…
Stamp out Doormatism
“In Paris there’s ‘The Society for Encouragement’. I’m sure it has nothing to do with helping doormats, but wouldn’t it be great if it did? And there are countless books written and […]
“The Newborns”
“The Newborns” by Kathryn Hunt All through the night, all through the long witless hallways of my sleep, from my hospital bed I heard the newborn babies cry, bewildered, between worlds, like new […]
Like? Whatever: Likability and the Nonfiction Writer
by Jennifer Niesslein Until my memoir came out, I had no idea how many people did not want to be friends with me. . . . . . . Strayed puts it […]
Win-Win for Writers With Dogs!
Write more with K-9 Kannon! Improves productivity by 75%! YOUR FINGERS FLY AND SO DOES THE BALL! Watch the word count climb! No more bending over to pick up the ball! Keep […]
GHAZAL: FREEDOM IN AMERICA
by Alicia Ostriker My grandfather’s pipe tobacco fragrance, moss-green cardigan, his Yiddish lullaby When I woke crying: three of my earliest memories in America Arriving on time for the first big war, […]
Invisible Women
“This Week in the War on Women” by Laura Wnderer “This morning, while taking my dog for a leisurely half-hour walk, I listened to Weekend Edition on NPR. In that half hour, […]
New York City Loses Another Young, Creative Woman
I Am Not My Job: Why I Left New York City by ALECIA LYNN EBERHARDT “It was Patti Smith who said, in a talk at Cooper Union in 2010, that “New York has closed itself […]
Photoshoot at Corkscrew Swamp
Welcome to Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. Come walk the boards with my husband Alby and me! by Lisa Lanser-Rose Walking the planks. Some of my favorite pictures are of shapes and textures. Other […]
The Gloria Sirens 