Volume 6
An Online Literary Magazine
March 1, 2012

 

Keep Candy Handy

Nonfiction

DeWitt Henry

 

I liked nut chews, but not Almond Joys. I loved Hershey Kisses. I loved dark chocolate buds. I binged on M&Ms. Special times, Mom would buy chocolate marshmallows, and other candies, of course: jelly beans, gumdrops, mints, mint patties...

Horses Never Lie About Love

Nonfiction

Jana Harris

 

Little did I dream that I would own this horse for a generation, well into the next century, and invest more of myself in her than any other horse: this feral mare, the soon-to-be cornerstone of my farm and life...

Turnaround

Fiction

Kathleen Glassburn

 

Two American sisters travel to Ireland's Dingle Peninsula to help forget a tragedy. The trip leads to something much more surprising...

 

"I had to pinch myself to make sure it was actually me living this life: horses, a farm, and now maybe a mare-in-foal with this year’s foal at her side." from Horses Never Lie About Love. by Jana Harris.

 

The Art of the Memoir: An Interview with DeWitt Henry

Interview

Rusty Barnes

 

Memoir and biography fascinate me as explorations of what we know, feel, and believe about plot and personality. But life itself, the muddle and challenge of loving, inspire me most. When I find myself at the loss for words; when I can't explain myself; when I have pent up anger and estrangement; when my best intentions are misunderstood; when I feel ashamed: those are moments that drive me to paper, to words. These, and the sheer beauties of life as well, the clear days when you can see forever...

Dispatches

In the Footsteps of Petrarch

Nonfiction

Nick O’Connell

 

At 6,273 feet, Mont Ventoux is not especially high or difficult, but as the first alpine peak ever attempted, it represents an attractive objective for any climber...

Can You Imagine How Much We Love Him?

Nonfiction

Sue Pace

 

He hums at the refrigerator, mmmmm-mmmmm. He hums because he knows in the very cells of his being that food is kept there...

The Survival of Independent Book Stores

Nonfiction

Nick O’Connell

 

Amid the changes rocking the publishing industry, how has Seattle's Elliott Bay Book Company managed to succeed where others have failed?...

 

 

 

 

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