Adam Rabasca looks at his ethnically-mixed family and asks why Americans identify ethnicity over nationality
I Am a Writing Desk
April 9, 2013 By 5 Comments
Justin Cascio had to leave home to find his people: more than once.
My Kids Will Believe in the Almighty Power of Thought
April 5, 2013 By 14 Comments
“I cannot allow my children to close their minds to all the infinite possibilities of our world and our universe, only one of which is offered by any organized religion.”
Children of Divorce Grow Up and It’s Still a Pain
March 16, 2013 By 9 Comments
I’m married, I have a four-year-old son, and I’m still penning visitation schedules. For my son.
Author Transcends Gender to Get to the Heart of Parenting
December 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Writer David Ebenbach’s latest collection of stories, Into the Wilderness, addresses the theme of parenting from the eyes of fathers and mothers
Into the Wilderness of Parenting
December 13, 2012 By 1 Comment
In his latest story collection, writer David Ebenbach plumbs the depths of parenthood
Letter to J., Who I Used to Mentor
November 26, 2012 By 2 Comments
Michael Copperman finds that the right moment to mentor usually comes on the way to somewhere else.
The Circumcised Poet and Other Tales
October 15, 2012 By 3 Comments
No matter what has been cut away, what remains is whole.
Why Do Men Have a Hard Time Handing Things Over To God?
October 10, 2012 By 40 Comments
If pride truly cometh before the fall then we need a strong harness and a good helmet.
Running: A Poem
October 10, 2012 By 1 Comment
David Karpel tells an American story of persecution and flight: a family that can’t stop running.
Ten Things I’ve Learned From My Zayde
September 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Josh Bowman takes a moment to remember some of the things he learned from his wonderful Zayde on the ten-year anniversary of his passing.
Why Do We Still Circumcise Boys?
August 29, 2012 By 48 Comments
Whether childhood circumcision is acceptable or not is an ethical question, not a medical one. Chuck Ross asks, why did we ever circumcise boys?
Out of the Cradle
August 24, 2012 By 2 Comments
The gifts from one’s parents include passions and observations that communicate—and finally become—character and identity.
Bingo, Jazz, and Ducks – Another Day in the Nursing Home
June 25, 2012 By 2 Comments
“Why do we think that if you put a random collection of elderly people together, they’d get along?”
Am I Still Safe?
May 12, 2012 By 26 Comments
I never thought I’d say this, in what I used to believe was the greatest country in the world, but I don’t feel safe in America. Will I continue to be stripped of my rights? When will it end? Should I get out now?
“With an arbitrary age for adulthood and no guidance, people end up ‘lost’ after high school.”
This is a comment by Trevor Sprague on the post “Where’s My Burning Ant-Glove?”