Spoon Jackson writes, “I believe art is waiting to come out when allowed the room to flow up.”
I Am a Writing Desk
April 9, 2013 by 6 Comments
Justin Cascio had to leave home to find his people: more than once.
Unrelenting: Mental Illness in Prison
March 31, 2013 by 4 Comments
After 35 years of incarceration, Spoon Jackson says, “I have never adjusted to being caged.”
About My Sentence
February 24, 2013 by 1 Comment
Spoon Jackson, who has served 34 years of a life sentence in prison, faces the reality of his fate.
Kid Weekends
February 8, 2013 by 1 Comment
Thomas Fiffer anticipates the beginning of a weekend with his boys.
The Next Life [Book Excerpt: 100 Tricks Every Boy Can Do: How My Brother Disappeared]
February 4, 2013 by 2 Comments
My brother Bret started the next life at forty, when he departed from this world by suicide.
Why We Run
January 14, 2013 by 3 Comments
Long-distance runner Jeff Swain loses himself in the Allegheny Forest.
Learning To Be Alone Again
January 12, 2013 by 4 Comments
After ten years of marriage, Nathan Graziano is finding being alone a different challenge from his old single days.
Model Citizen
December 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
As an expression of his love, Jack Harper improves upon exotic cars.
We Are Not Islands
December 15, 2012 by 8 Comments
When Ryan Bradley was suicidal, he thought he was alone. He was wrong.
Fine for Now
September 11, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The rhythm of Will Flores’ days are too uncomfortable to dance to, even alone.
Waterloo Sunset’s Fine: An Insight into Male Solitude
August 28, 2012 by 10 Comments
One of the main symptoms people with depression describe isn’t upset, but detachment.
30 Days Without Social Media: The Wrap Up
July 27, 2012 by 4 Comments
Collin Slattery learns which kinds of connections fulfill, and which are unsatisfying in comparison, in his experiment in avoiding social media.
30 Days Without Social Media: Two Weeks In
July 16, 2012 by 6 Comments
Halfway into a month-long fast from social media, Collin Slattery wavers between enthusiasm and despair.
30 Days Without Social Media: One Week In
July 3, 2012 by 7 Comments
At the end of a week without social media, Collin Slattery is becoming aware of the changes in himself.
“Caregiver day is a wonderful idea, becase when you love your children, every day is a day you get to be with and celebrate them.”
This is a comment by CJ on the post “What to the Child of Domestic Violence is Father’s Day?”