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A Prospect
Join Eddie Paige, a retired baseball player facing the end, as he shares memories and wisdom with a curious neighbor’s son in a changing neighborhood.
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Editor's Pick, Essays, EssaySaturday
The Here, the Now
Witness the poignant farewell to a grandmother’s home in ‘The Here and Now.’ Explore the impact of memory amid demolition, weaving a tale of legacy and presence.
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Editor's Pick, Essays, Travel&Lifestyle
Fourth Thursday in November
Dive into the nostalgic tapestry of ‘Fourth Thursday in November,’ an evocative journey through seven decades of Thanksgiving memories. From black-and-white football games to unexpected road trips, this heartfelt narrative ...
Digital Subscriptions, Litro #184: Memory, Print Issues
I Don’t Have a Very Good Memory
A powerful essay from a survivor of the Dunblane massacre that explores memory loss, trauma, grief, and survival.
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Maps to Lost Futures
“Don’t you know, the heart gets lost in so much empty space?” A flash piece about memory, grief and life's lost futures
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Finding Flow
"In going with the flow of the river, perhaps I would rediscover my own." A fluid essay exploring memory, nature, and rivers.
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Tuscany! Tuscany!
"We were no longer young." GC Perry sets the violent breakdown of a marriage in the warmth and magnificence of Tuscany's countryside.
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René Magritte’s The Banquet
Dorothy Lune's flash piece gives voice to a vibrant René Magritte painting, pushing the boundaries between words and visual arts.
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The Smell of Home
“Good cooking takes time and sacrifice; good Pakistani cooking takes much, much more.” An essay on generational differences and Eid.
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Other Poetry
N/A Oparah brings us a funny, endearing exploration of the mother-daughter relationship, and the way religion plays a part.
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Baby Clean
"The best trick of your twenties is to eschew self-reflection." The witty ups and downs of our twenties and dating in the city.
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We Are Near the End Now
“What am I to do with this one life? That is all I think about all day long.” The story of a copywriter and the monotony of their days. ...
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In Pursuit of Family
“Too much simplicity conceals the hollows where what is unspoken lurks in the darkness.” A meditation on family dynamics.
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Letters from the Editor, Litro #184: Memory, Print Issues
Litro #184: Editor’s Letter
As September shuffles in, take a dip into Litro #184: Memory, and allow yourself to reflect on the summer just gone.
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Editor's Pick, Essays, EssaySaturday
Summer of Acceptance
I was sixteen and mesmerized by the graffiti – framed by tunnels, bridges, and walls of industrial buildings. It seemed the only view on an Amtrak train from Springfield, Mass ...
Editor's Pick, Essays, EssaySaturday
Nostalgia, circa 1960’s
The Wikipedia tour guide spiel
It would be my time at the Beauty Pageant metropolis that summer. We start at the majestic Marlborough Blenheim Hotel at Nineteen Hundred Pacific Avenue and ...
Editor's Pick, Essays, EssaySaturday
The Lucid Interval
Photo by Hervé Simon
One of memory’s slyer tricks is to colour things with a sense of foreboding. When I think of that night in Siena, the details seem prescient. The ...
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday
The Road to Methuselah Spring
A blizzard swept through New England on the night Gretchen and I arrived, throwing our marriage into question and quickening a slow process of separation which had already been underway ...
Editor's Pick, Fiction, FridayFlash
This Week’s Post (Moleskin Notepad, Box of Biros)
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Novel: Spilt Milk by Chico Buarque
It’s not often I get to the end of a novel and realise I need to reread it straight away. Not just because I liked it—I did—but because I realised ...