Editor's Pick, Essay, Essay Saturday

All My Relations

Image by Travis Zimmerman from Pixabay January 2020. We were preparing for a new semester, a doomed semester, but we didn’t know it yet. On the third floor of ...

by Barry Kitterman • 21st May 202220th May 2022

Editor's Pick, Essay, Essay Saturday

Laughing

When one thing changes everything. ...

by Frances Guerin • 9th April 20229th April 2022

Editor's Pick, Essay, Essay Saturday

A Litany

You see yourself as one of the lucky ones. ...

by Debra Waters • 2nd April 20223rd April 2022

Editor's Pick, Essay, Essay Saturday

Lucky

Photo by Mattias Ripp I was lucky. They only took my handbag. Sure, they had to floor me first, because I dared to clutch my possessions. “Was it at night?” is the ...

by chiara vascotto • 12th March 202217th March 2022

Editor's Pick, Essay, Essay Saturday

A New Natural

Photo by Paola Rizzi “The more resolutely you plumb the question, ‘Who or what am I?’ – the more unavoidable is the realisation that you are nothing…apart from everything else.” -Alan W. ...

by Kylie Hough • 5th March 20225th March 2022

Editor's Pick, Essay, Essay Saturday, Experimental Writing Issue

An Abecedarian of Loss

abecedarian    twenty-six letters, each one a compact unit of communication, a twisted riddle, a maze of red tape from well-lit offices; the only means of containing my sorrow now ...

by Sherry Shahan • 19th February 202219th February 2022

Editor's Pick, Essay, Essay Saturday

THE PEEPHOLE

A woman feels watched About ...

by Emilia Ong • 5th February 20225th February 2022

Editor's Pick, Essay, Essay Saturday

AT THE TAILOR’S

Measure for measure ...

by Billie Pritchett • 29th January 202229th January 2022

Editor's Pick, Essay, Essay Saturday

TWO HALVES MAKE ME WHOLE

On the halves that make us whole About ...

by Monica Cardenas • 22nd January 202222nd January 2022

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NOTES ON A PREGNANCY

A woman reflects on the life growing within her ...

by Sue Hann • 15th January 202215th January 2022

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SUITCASE PACKED AND READY TO GO

A daughter weighs her grief ...

by Claire Harrison • 8th January 20228th January 2022

Editor's Pick, Essay, Essay Saturday

MOULTED

Walking the Camino, learning the lessons ...

by Paul Farran • 21st December 202121st December 2021

Essay

THE BIRD THAT LOVED ITS CAGE

On irony running its course as a mode of being ...

by Nick Michalak • 11th December 202117th December 2021

Editor's Pick, Essay, Essay Saturday

HARD BEAUTY: THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF DAVID WISE

On rediscovering the humane, intimate photography of David Wise ...

by David Ford • 4th December 20214th December 2021

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THE FURTHEST ONE METRE CROSSING

A man goes missing on a sea crossing ...

by Andrew Kauffmann • 27th November 202127th November 2021

Editor's Pick, Essay, Essay Saturday

MORE TIME THAN LIFE

On reading the rocks and understanding time ...

by Aisling Walsh • 20th November 202120th November 2021

Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Essay, non-fiction, Reviews

BOOK REVIEW: MY BODY

Emily Ratajkowski’s new collection of essays, My Body, reviewed. ...

by Alexandra Cocksworth • 18th November 202118th November 2021

Editor's Pick, Essay, Essay Saturday

THE NIGHT SHIFT

On working the night shift ...

by George_Aitch • 13th November 202113th November 2021

Arts & Culture, Essay

Changing Towards a Remote Education Culture

On remote education About Litro Online ...

by Litro • 10th November 202121st January 2022

Editor's Pick, Essay, Essay Saturday

MY HOME IN TRANSIT

A tennis player reflects on her uprooted life ...

by Elisha Gabb • 6th November 20216th November 2021