Every Pigeon is a beautiful online home to pieces that sweat the small stuff. Editors say of the work, "In each poem, essay, story, and artwork, our contributors lent us their own special magnifying lenses, which hover in perpetuity over particular spots in this beautiful world. Look closer, each one said. See what we see." I'm sad…
"Does a book remember it once was a word?" —Nina Laden
I wrote the first bit of The Memory Sessions 13 years ago this month. It's a teenager now, so time to throw it a little party. With music, drinks, food, hearty people, and conversation about childhood, we will toast this memoir without memory. Special thanks to Caitlin Leffel, author and editor, for lending her grace…
Happy Publication Day, The Memory Sessions. I wrote my first bit of memoir without memory 13 years ago. I did not fathom at the time how a 1200-word essay for grad school would grow. Over the coming months, I’ll be speaking and writing about the process from first piece to publication. For now, today, I…
Jelly Bucket arrived today, bearing work by writers I have long admired and writers I have just met. My third essay exploring genetic microdeletions, titled "The Tiniest Boom," is included. Little by little, I hope to share views of this little-known world.
Suzanne Farrell Smith 