I’m proud and happy to announce my flash nonfiction essay, “His Apple Pie,” about a border collie and a bad guy, appeared today in Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction. For […]
Flash Nonfiction “His Apple Pie”–a dog, a pie, a bad guy
What She Said, May 2: Ada Limon
You say you love the world, so love the world.
– Ada Limon
Good Works: Hope for Tampa, Masks for Medical Workers in Tampa Bay
Welcome to The Sirens new monthly feature: Non-profit of the Month. The Sirens have many causes that are near and dear to our hearts, but one of the most urgent ones at […]
Crime of the Month: Lunchables
People, it’s time to boycott the Lunchable. The Lunchable is a crime against children and humanity. With its shiny packaging printed in primary colors, the Lunchable is the Pied Piper of foods. […]
What She Said, May 1: N.K. Jemisin
For all those that have to fight for the respect that everyone else is given without question.
– N.K. Jemisin
What She Said, April 30: Edna St. Vincent Millay
What should I be but just what I am?
– Edna St. Vincent Millay
What She Said, April 29: Jane Hirshfield
You may do this, I tell you, it is permitted. Begin again the story of your life.
– Jane Hirshfield
Gazing into My Crystal Ball, or Life Post-Coronavirus
Now, more than ever, it seems important for U.S. citizens to be skeptical about the information we receive from the media. As has been demonstrated in study after study, we as humans […]
What She Said, April 28: Joy Harjo
There is no poetry where there are no mistakes.
– Joy Harjo
What She Said, April 27: Beryl Markham
…if I were, even now, without either a dog or a horse in my keeping, I should feel I had lost contact with the earth.
– Beryl Markham
The Gloria Sirens 