Quanta, and theories, and quarks; Oh My!
These words might be the emphatic exclamations of an excited quantum physicist; they are not, however, the first words that one would necessarily use to describe the beauty of Linnéa Spransy’s work. Read More »
Like most people, my understanding of God’s image and character has been transformed over time: in my case, from the bearded old white man of Sunday school lore, giving judgment from atop fluffy clouds, to a much more inclusive—and, to be honest, more ambiguous—deity, Read More »
Last year, some friends and I assembled a book club, which, unlike many book clubs, actually does spend a good deal of time talking about the books. We also drink wine and gossip, of course, but not until after the discussion. Also unlike a number of book clubs, ours is coed and ostensibly open to all genres. Read More »
Here’s the physiology of it: through the magic water and placenta, through the uterus and skin and my wife’s thin cotton shirt, I could feel my son’s hiccups against the small of my back. My firstborn, unborn, aquatic little boy. Every three seconds.
Suddenly we were a southern family, Read More »
“Mohawk comes / like blackbirds at dawn” begins “Poem for the Undead,” first in Daniel Bowman, Jr.’s A Plum Tree in Leatherstocking Country. Read More »
ISSUE 23: THE STORIES WE TELL
FEATURING Walter Wangerin, Jr., Jeanne Murray Walker, Nahal Suzanne Jamir, Aynslee Moon + 2012 William Van Dyke Short Story Prize judged by Walter Wangerin, Jr., winner Nahal Suzanne Jamir
