1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (263+ words) Marjorie Maddox's vital disquiet Her poems weave stories of trauma and survivorship, dancing on the frail and fraying edges of memory and perception. Thus begins a collection that weaves stories of intergenerational trauma and survivorship, dancing on the frail and…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago  (1219+ words) United Methodists borrow Catholic fish fry tradition to serve hundreds during Lent Tim Scaife doesn't even like fish. Yet every Lenten season for the past 14 years, he has overseen a six-night series of Friday fish fries for his church in…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (433+ words) In Susan Gregg Gilmore's new southern parable, 12-year-old Leonard buries his neighbors' regrets alongside his own amputated leg. Now she has written a very curious book-length parable. She is becoming a craftier writer, and this novel is as unpredictable as…...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago  (478+ words) These and more I dress with impassive hand, (yet deep in my breast a fire, a burning flame.)Walt Whitman, The Wound-Dresser In 1914, the painter Albert Chevallier Taylerwas renowned as much for his detailed interiorsas for his mastery of the…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago  (314+ words) Paul Thomas Anderson's pursuit of freedom in relationship "God, it's so painful when something that's so close is still so far out of reach." When Tom Petty sings that line in "American Girl'the last needle drop in Paul Thomas Anderson's…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (94+ words) Michelle Angela Ortiz's Delmy (Harrisburg, top) and Eres Mi Todo (Philadelphia, bottom) from the Familias Separadas series What criminal justice reform will require March 22, Lent 5A (Ezekiel 37:114; John 11:145) Why I don't like the label "progressive Christianity" Get the Editors' Picks newsletter…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (1202+ words) Essays by readers: Twilight We gave our readers a one-word writing prompt: "Twilight." Clockwise from upper left: Arawark Chen (Unsplash); Shinichiro Ichimura (Unsplash); Wirestock / Getty; Jack Swords (Unsplash) The gods of this world are sick unto death. . . . And where are…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (144+ words) The bard of Gen Z My generation came of age in this climate of social alienation. Geese gives voice to its spirit." Even in the earnest and morally aspirational "Love takes miles," humor shines through an otherwise serious tune. "Something…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (146+ words) Like lost children we live our unfinished adventures. "Guy Debord A child plots her life till the endthen spends the rest of her daystrying to remember it Cities like rooms in abandonedbuildings, addresses carved innotebooks lost on bombed staircases A…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (59+ words) Shenouda Esmat's Temptation on the Mountain Image used by permission of the artist "My time spent amid the enchanting natural wonders of Sinai," Esmat told the century, "with all its biblical associations, has been beautiful, sacred, inspiring, and healing." Jesus…...