Nonfiction

  • Morning Person


    By Amanda Barrett Melissa is found. She is all the colors of a fierce California sunset. She is cold to the touch. The right side…

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  • Ms. Daylily


    by Xujun Eberlein   The Chinese emperor who died one year before the Common Era began was a man in love with another man named Dong…

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  • National Baptist Hymnal


    By Diana Cejas When you’re walking in with the family, the thing to do is to try to look as devastated as you possibly can, whether…

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  • Geek Duende, Blithe Dread: How to Organize Books by Sector


    By Gregg Williard The minimalist approach to book ownership (or disposal) by tidying expert Marie Kondo has its many supporters and detractors. It is not…

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  • Birds of New Mexico


    By Katherine Vondy I am writing my eulogy. Although it might sound otherwise, this is not a macabre or gloomy project to be undertaking. It’s…

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  • A Delicate Strength


    By Brittany Borghi The young man at the front of the room doesn’t know how to use his breath. He doesn’t know how to use…

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  • Dumbphone


    By David Giffels The turning point, as I see it now, came in the third week of July 2016, when I was covering the Republican…

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  • Song Flute


    By Naima Karczmar John Coltrane left his wife in the summer of 1963. He wrote two songs for her; both were melancholy. He said the…

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