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Marriage Rules for Little Girls
By EBK Riley The other night, as my daughter Delia rearranged the peas and chicken on her dinner plate to make it appear that she was actually eating, she announced that she “wanted to marry a rich...
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Better Half
A week ago, we said goodbye at the bus stop, and he made his way—by bus and train and plane—to Scotland for a week. The days that followed were a string of flashbacks to the year, not so long ago, when...
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The State of Inaction
By Allison Valiquette The heat wave has passed; on Friday it was climbing up well past ninety-eight, today it’s a subdued eighty-something. Even that slight drop felt more refreshing than a cold...
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Meet the Local: Accra, Ghana
Meet the Local is a series designed to uncover the differences (and similarities) in how we think and live in different parts of the world. Over the upcoming months, I’ll ask locals from places all...
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On Gardens
By Allison Valiquette Today the air is of the perfect quality; it’s cool with a hint of summer behind it, showing potential for warmth once the sun settles in the sky. I always think of my grandma on...
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Homemakers
By Nora Hill When I was eight years old, my mama went to Atlanta for four days. I gave her my journal to take with her and write in every night, so that when she got back I’d know what she’d been...
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How It Will Come Back to the Beginning
More than seven years after I first meet her, Madeleine has a baby girl named Cléa. On Facebook she looks like any other baby, small and pink and bundled in blankets, but I can tell that she’s...
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A love letter to Colombia, Part II
Previously: Return | Firsts | Memory | Solitude | Nostalgia | Graffiti | Needs | Narratives | Trauma | A love letter to Columbia, Part I Literally translated: little dolls of milk. Colombia can be a...
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Head Down, Blinders On
Although it doesn’t feel like it here in the Midwest, the calendar insists summer is winding down. I am skeptical. Each day my inbox is flooded with shopping offers and pictures of scarves and...
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A love letter to Colombia, Part IV
Previously: Return | Firsts | Memory | Solitude | Nostalgia | Graffiti | Needs | Narratives | Trauma | A love letter to Columbia, Part I | A love letter to Columbia, Part II Cartagena: a place for...
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