A Reliable Narrator
Summer started, and then started to pass, quickly. The sensation of momentum makes sense as many aspects of My Jewish Year find endings....
Setting Limits (to our Independence)
Every car commercial teaches one thing. Freedom. Country roads, specifically, mean freedom. Our road is marked at 45 miles per hour. ...
Capacity
The Voices Israel Group of Poets in English publishes an annual anthology of poetry. Read the full poem, "Capacity" by purchasing online .
If Only
My Peace Corps language instructor once asked, “Erin, do you know the subjunctive?” I nodded, “Yes.” “Then, you have to use it.” I had...
All At Once
I began my nonfiction essay , Almost August, . with the following sentence: “It’ll all come at once, or at least seem that way,” my dad...
Search (Terms)
My goal this year was to stop holding on. To documents. To narratives. One of the last vestiges of this search was the storage space...
Playing it Safe
Shavuot is a celebration of the receiving of the Torah at Sinai, but my easiest entry into the conversation was the anecdote about...
Success(ful Submissions)
There is more than one way to see your name in print. I'm proud of this opportunity to improve my skills while contributing to fellow...
(A) Watch(ed) Fire(s)
Similar to previous chapters, Pogrebin describes the multiple reasons for celebrating Lag B’Omer: the end of the plague that killed...
Margins
The form of an unexpected body down the road is expected. A full curve of muscle and tail frozen to mimic the raccoon’s rings, all too...
