Connecting with Andre Dubus III’s “Silver”
by Nathan Isaksson · September 27, 2017My parents managed to stay together after all this time, which I suppose is a blessing. My father has four sisters, all of whom are long [...]
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Connecting with Viet Dinh’s “Substitutes”
by Linda Tran · April 12, 2017The turbulent firing of machine guns in the heart of Saigon during 1968 terrified my grandmother. The first day of the bloodbath was the only day [...]
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No Regrets with “Things I’ve Done Since She’s Stopped Calling” by Laura Dave
by Linda Tran · February 06, 2017The motto of life: you don’t know what you’ve lost until you’ve lost it. It’s a global feeling from the loss of tiny trinkets to huge [...]
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Connecting with Madison Smartt Bell’s “April 1863”
by Ally Wright · October 24, 2016War has never seemed to me something I could write about. Worthy of being written about, obviously, but too grand for my never-having-been-to-war brain. How do [...]
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Connecting with Ha Jin’s “In the Kindergarten”
by Sabrina Flemming · September 06, 2016Deception is a resource learned at an early age for children, a universal skill that is a natural part of our lives growing up. As infants, [...]
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Love, Loneliness, and the “Monday Girl”
by Parker Sams · April 29, 2016I don’t think I’ll ever forget seeing New York City for the first time. My flight was coming in for the landing, dipping below the clouds, [...]
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