Poetry: American Smooth by Rita Dove
American Smooth by Rita Dove We were dancing—it must have been a foxtrot or a waltz, something romantic but requiring restraint, rise and fall, precise execution as we moved…
Opinion: Liking Yourself
Though I have sort of stuck to aloneness for most of my life, it is now becoming apparent to me that the basis of some attitudes that I…
Personal Style: Floral Atop Stripes
Once in JSS (junior high equivalent) I was waiting for a very good friend (now married with children!) to walk to the bus stop when my very light-skinned…
Book Review: Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
It is funny how when we look back through memory things shift into such perspective that we are easily able to identify specific decisions and moments which made…