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Stories about living, growing and dying. In this section you’ll meet writers from around the world who want to share their intimate thoughts.

On Swimming

DeWitt Henry

...smell of chlorine and slick seal-like clinging of wet suits...

1 comment

CONFI-DENTAL

Christie Grotheim

...the final step in my post-Shane transformation.

4 comments

A Quiet Act of Strength

Derek Alger

...on about her third day at work, she made her move.

9 comments

A Way With Cows

Duff Brenna

Tiny drifts of snow piling up...

2 comments

All this happened, more or less

Greg Herriges

...a tremendous anticipation over his visit had built up...

10 comments

Love Letters to My Father

Mindy Lewis

I’d stashed the letters high in my hallway closet...

3 comments

The Luckiest of All

Christopher Locke

What’s a bona fide Yankee doing in the ritz and techno-fueled glitz of Miami...

2 comments

   
 

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Suellen Wedmore says:
Loved the images & this wonderful interpretation of how birds navigate. Especially loved the references to the const...
Ruth Chambers says:
Wonderful essay. Brought back memories of my first born. At 10 1/2 pounds, 22 inches, I moaned that I could have had twi...
sue says:
What a lovely story....
carl says:
No matter our age, life never loses a chance to teach us its hard experiences. How wonderful you finally turned this bit...
Steve Fife says:
Sweet, sad, bittersweet - Mindy catches hold of the invisible tendrils that bind her to a girlfriend of her long-dead da...
Bob . says:
Beautifully written. Every scene came to life, even the smell of Ben-Gay and Noxzema. And I'll bet that the little girl ...
Courtney Roschek Thompson says:
I was thinking of your dad this morning, and I found this. Thank you. It's awesome....
Shira Dentz says:
This poet's stitch-stitching--sans thread!...
Stephanie says:
Thank you, everyone! xx...
Jeri Cipriano says:
The sensory details are so real that the story touches parts of me as well... Noxema... bubble gum... the adoration of A...