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    Interactions

    Interactions

    He reminded me of a teacher I’d had in grad school, who emphasized focusing on an image of a butterfly flying away as I played. ...
    by David Capps | 29th May 202329th May 2023
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    Walking in the Arboretum

    Walking in the Arboretum

    “When I step into the Redwood Grove of the Arboretum, I enter a different world.” Today’s #EssaySaturday is “Walking in the Arboretum” by Jane Beal. ...
    by Jane Beal | 13th May 202315th May 2023
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    Hospitality

    Hospitality

    “My heart rate has been normal and steady since then. Until this trip.” Today’s #EssaySaturday is “Hospitality” by Wendy Lane. ...
    by Wendy Lane | 6th May 20232nd June 2023
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    On Moving West and Back Again

    On Moving West and Back Again

    “I hold onto the romantic notion of the cairn as an act of love.” Today’s #EssaySaturday is “On Moving West and Back Again” by Carrie ...
    by Carrie Beth Esposito | 29th April 20231st May 2023
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    Workation in Ojai

    Workation in Ojai

    “The prospect of injecting something new into work, even if only the setting and the company, delighted me.” Today’s #EssaySaturday is “Workation in Ojai” by ...
    by Hantian Zhang | 22nd April 202322nd April 2023
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    Fate Chronicle Across Decades

    On fate and closely-escaped death over time and generations, our latest #EssaySaturday is “Fate Chronicle Across Decades”, by Ali Nasir. ...
    by Ali Nasir | 8th April 20238th April 2023
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    Human Fish

    Human Fish

    “The two of us have started to see hands everywhere, like a clumsy metaphor.” Today’s #EssaySaturday UK is “Human Fish” by Niamh Riordan. ...
    by Niamh Riordan | 1st April 20231st April 2023
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    The Current Unrest

    The Current Unrest

    “I have one eye trained on the volcanic mountain…” Today’s #EssaySaturday is “The Current Unrest” by Kaitlin Solimine. ...
    by Kaitlin Solimine | 25th March 20231st April 2023
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    Homesick and Haunted: When House of leaves Changed my Life

    Homesick and Haunted: When House of leaves Changed my Life

    I briefly look up from my frantic journaling, glancing at the cloud cover out the window. ...
    by Shannon Frost Greenstein | 4th March 20236th March 2023
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    Bus Reading

    Bus Reading

    I elongated vowels, chewed on consonants until I read world-building sentences. ...
    by Judy Bolton-Fasman | 25th February 202327th February 2023
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    The Woman at the Door

    The Woman at the Door

    One Sunday morning, there was a knock on my door. There’d been a party the night before, and I hadn’t gone to bed until 4 ...
    by Donald Ranard | 11th February 202312th February 2023
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    To the American Businessman in the Hotel Room Next to Ours

    To the American Businessman in the Hotel Room Next to Ours

    I stood from the cot next to the shared wall. My mom leaned in close to hear you. Another crash. Furniture scraping against the floor. ...
    by Milena Nigam | 4th February 20234th February 2023
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    Drift

    Drift

    Put some music on. Go on, put something on. Sometimes we would last two tracks, sometimes three.  The hand that unhitched itself from the steering ...
    by Christopher R. Moore | 28th January 202325th January 2023
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    Donald Trump Is the Andy Warhol of American Politics

    Donald Trump Is the Andy Warhol of American Politics

    Thought-provoking and incisive, this piece invites readers to reflect on how art and politics reflect—and distort—the values of a nation. ...
    by Litro Magazine | 4th January 20236th January 2025
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    The Championship Game

    The Championship Game

    The sun beats through the humid air, upon the stone and dirt streets. High cumulus clouds drift above the heavy-forest limestone mountains. ...
    by Lorraine Caputo | 5th November 20225th November 2022
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    Riding an Endangered Eagle

    Riding an Endangered Eagle

    The train between Mexico City and Nuevo Laredo was called the Águila Azteca (Aztec Eagle). Within a year of this ride, this passenger train service – ...
    by Lorraine Caputo | 22nd October 202221st October 2022
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    The King’s Gardner

    The King’s Gardner

    He indicated a solitary rose drooping against a cracked wall in which curious lizards cocked their heads, and then he swept his arms encompassing everything ...
    by J. Malcolm Garcia | 27th August 202214th October 2022
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    Three Cats and One Man

    Three Cats and One Man

    There are three cats in this story: two dead; one dying, then dead. There is one man. Also dying, then dead. This is a true ...
    by Aiysha Jahan | 16th July 202210th October 2022
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    Our Shared Neuroses

    Our Shared Neuroses

    Sitting in the Cricketers pub, I listened as Grandma asked me whether I typically experienced difficulties “passing stools.” She seemed disappointed when I told her, ...
    by Andrew Kaye Kauffmann | 25th June 202224th June 2022
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    Small Steps

    Small Steps

    The house I’ve lived in with my family for the past two years is spacious and newly renovated. The comforts are numerous, the company good. ...
    by Brigita Orel | 18th June 202217th June 2022

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