Tag: personal essays

Finding Unexpected Hope for Diversity in 2018 Olympic Skating

By Jane Shiau

Note from Intern Anita Ballesteros: In Jane Shiau’s guest blog post this week, she shares her personal humorous and uplifting account of finding a sense of belonging in America through Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon. This short piece resonates with the challenge of feeling welcome in today’s multicultural environment. A WRITER FINDS HOPE IN OLYMPIC… Read more »

The Dark Courage of “Writing Through Postpartum”

By Rachel Berg Scherer

I adored the process of having my first baby. I was so thankful to be pregnant, I loved labor, and I loved giving birth. It was overwhelmingly empowering and powerful and transformative. I would give birth every day for a month if it meant I didn’t have to live with a newborn again.

Meditation, Writing, and the Act of Deep Internal Listening

By Jessie L. Benjamin

Meditation creates the space, writing fills the void. I’m called to both.
For twenty years, my daily sitting meditation practice has nourished me. It’s essential, like oxygen keeping me sane and, hopefully, kinder and more compassionate.

On Flash Nonfiction, and Judith Kitchen

By Amy Yelin

I recently read that Judith Kitchen passed away from cancer. I didn’t know Judith personally; we’d never even met. I discovered her via the flash nonfiction anthologies she created and edited, with the aptly named titles: In Short, In Brief and Short Takes. I fell hard for the flash nonfiction form when my friend Janet introduced me… Read more »