Half-life
It was Saturday. Early fall. I was sitting up, holding [...]
I Lost You There
I lost you there [...]
Cecily Aching Best
Learning the name for something can resemble care. So, for [...]
Free Jazz
It was a Friday at the beginning of the millennium, [...]
Water Children
Every year in Wilmington, North Carolina, pro-life activists stage a [...]
FROM THE ARCHIVES: An Interview with W. G. Sebald
"Masterful" is a term we keep in reserve for fiction [...]
Star-Crossed Something-or-Others
Lately, when I teach Romeo and Juliet, I find myself [...]
Without
Most mornings I walk for nearly an hour in my [...]
Sunflowers
Sligo, February 1996 In August 1994, my husband, Barrie, a [...]
Futurity
1. On a morning early in the second month of [...]