Fiction by Kelly Luce Over the course of that interminable weekend after Jun died, Asian lady beetles overtook our place in shadowy Totsuka-cho. Orange, winged bodies coated the ceiling and left yellow […]
GREED: “Reunion”
The Confidence Gap, a response
Perhaps the clearest, and most useful, definition of confidence we came across was the one supplied by Richard Petty, a psychology professor at Ohio State University, who has spent decades focused […]
LUST: Italian Honeymoon Haibun
A chic trenchcoat cinched at her thick waist, our city guide steers us through St. Peter’s immensity. We are a small tight flock. We shuffle after Albertina pointing the way with her […]
Women Writers and Guilt, by Sarah Hackley
Guilt isn’t one of the 7 deadly sins, but it should be. Check out this post and know that you’re not alone. “…Guilt that when I’m writing, I’m not making dinner for […]
Bad Girls
By Terry Godbey Waiting outside the liquor store, we beg young GIs to buy us wine, working them over with candy smiles and hip-huggers so tight they’d unzip if we sneezed. “Be […]
The New Colossus
By Emma Lazarus Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with […]
Litany for Lilley
 by Gianna Russo (after Billy Collins) You are the French pedicure and the bell-like laugh, you are the Bridge of Lions and the Bijou sale. You are the right answer on […]
WRATH: SCOTUS and Me
By Susan Lilley One reason I am always deeply interested in presidential elections is the crucial appointments presidents get to make to the courts, especially the Supreme Court. Let’s face it, presidents […]
Murder, Circus, and Birds: Some Thoughts on Writing
I was super excited to be asked to write for the Gloria Sirens. I was given choices, and I chose writing about writing because I thought it would be easiest. Not quite. […]
Knives and Guns and Wagging Tongues
by Wendy Goddard I only ever imagined the whispers behind shielding hands: “Did you hear about her mom?” “Did you see the ambulance at the house yesterday afternoon?” “I heard she was […]
The Gloria Sirens 