Author Archives: first person productions

By Marlene Samuels High school in our new American community was, for me, a stress-filled experience that fueled my debilitating sense of dread every school-day morning. I was the proverbial “duck out of water”,  the girl who did not fit … Continue reading →

by Donald A. Ranard Photos by Ray Oram, a British volunteer who taught English with the author at the lycée. I met the German at the night market in Chiang Mai. The northern Thai city was a small town then, … Continue reading →

This post concludes our short series that began with a review of the book Family Trouble: Memoirists on the Hazards and Rewards of Revealing Family. In the second, I recounted my own difficulties in Friend Trouble. In this final post, Josh … Continue reading →

By Fay McClurg  Thoughts after election day:  was it my fault? The Facebook ads from the Harris campaign had been threatening. I was being asked to imagine waking up on November 6 to the nightmare that d.t. won the election. … Continue reading →

Today I offer Renee Lajcak’s essay, read by the author. Why? Because Renee writes sometimes to be read, and sometimes to read aloud, because she enjoys performing her pieces. “There’s a difference in how I write for spoken word,” says … Continue reading →

By Josh Feyen I felt good moving into your basement a few days after I graduated from high school. A family friend had lined up a painting job for me in Milwaukee, but I needed to find a place to … Continue reading →