“When I find it I will understand everything. I will know why the sun is hot and the grass whispers, what each number shouts to the next. We will have ...
“If I were honest, her cooking was never good. But Dad ate whatever she cooked, and taught me to appreciate it no matter how it tasted. My face betrays me, ...
The inspiration for This Dark Road to Mercy began with a beautiful story my wife told me about her childhood, and this led me to recall a tragic story from ...
“On school trips a long time ago, Meg lagged behind looking at the shadow boxes of the Savannah, the Steppes, the Rainforest, the Plains, the Arctic, complete with real animals, ...
“She sniffed his clothes, rifled through his briefcase and, finding nothing suspicious, decided that the following Thursday she would take a taxi to see with her own eyes where he ...
“For the best retrospectives on professional tennis tournaments, I would usually turn to my grandmother.”
“They’d fight in French because they’re French Canadian and they do their best fighting in French. You wouldn’t get the words, but you’d get the cursing, the verbal slaps, the ...
An unexpected reminder that siblings have a life of their own.
Absence and neglect in rural America.
Adult siblings grant experimental access to their mother’s heart.
One man stands alone in the wake of a disaster.
What would you be willing to sacrifice in order to survive?
A heartfelt plea to the Universe.
I try and write with as much power as I can muster, and somehow this always sends me back to family stories. I suppose we all have family, family ...
Dear Reader,
The festive season is upon us again: a month of tinsel, baubles, fake Santa beards and contrived TV specials. Whatever you’re celebrating ...
Featuring stories from Laura McKenna, Jesmyn Ward, Rebecca Swirsky, David Ford, Theresa Coulter, Holly Corfield Carr, and an interview with Matt Haig.
Soon, Litro will publish its much-anticipated Family issue. Lauren Van Schaik Smith, attending the photographic exhibition Family Politics at Bankside’s Jerwood Space, observed how even that most familiar topic could ...
Join the discussion on our current Book Club pick, a tender and terrifying portrait of innocence, and the evil that threatens it…
I wondered if I was with Jesus before I was born and had time to do bad things but the Sunday school teacher glared at me and said such questions ...
I nudge a stack of beer cans and glass bottles with the tip of my shoe and a cloud of tiny flies rises. Then I notice the food scabbing the ...
