Letters have been around since wooden tablets, pottery, animal skin, and papyrus. They have played a valuable role in writing as an art form throughout history. The drive to address another whether friend, foe, or lover is a deeply human and ancient one. How does addressing another, or even ourselves, inform our creative process? How does the possibility of a correspondence or exchange influence our writing? How do letters transcend time and place?
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Book Review: Nestuary by Molly Sutton Kiefer
Many moons ago, I wrote a book review, my very first one, that was published in Entropy Magazine. I searched for it recently and found that it had disappeared, the link no longer functional. Later, I discovered the journal shut down in 2021 and deleted its website and archives. I’d love to keep this reviewContinue reading “Book Review: Nestuary by Molly Sutton Kiefer”
The Point of a Compass
I left home before graduation and moved in with him when I was seventeen. My mother called the police and said he was “harboring a minor.” The police car picked me up at his apartment to take me home. I went back the next day. She also took my passport. I reported it as stolen, and he bought me a new one. We went to the courthouse on my 18th birthday and signed the marriage certificate. A month later, we were on a plane to Israel.
The first compasses did not always point north. Early compasses pointed east.
Shoshana Sarah 