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Category Archives: Memoir & Poetry

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

The remarkable true story of a boy in Malawi who–desperately hoping to bring electricity to his home–creates a mighty windmill.

Posted byCarlenAugust 23, 2022August 23, 2022Posted inArchives, Memoir & Poetry

Smacked: A Story of White-Collar Ambition, Addiction, and Tragedy

Author Eilene Zimmerman expresses her sorrow, guilt, confusion, and anger as she recounts her time with her ex-husband who eventually dies of a drug addiction.

Posted byCarlenJuly 19, 2022July 19, 2022Posted inArchives, Memoir & Poetry

Something for the Pain: One Doctor’s Account of Life and Death in the ER

Paul Austin is an ER doctor, and he pries open the night shift for the world to examine: the drunks, the weeping, the car accidents, the miscarriages, the utterly consuming exhaustion of taking care of people at 2:30am.

Posted byCarlenMarch 26, 2022March 27, 2022Posted inArchives, Memoir & Poetry

Night Sky with Exit Wounds

A raw, luminous work of poetry about queerness, being a foreigner, and searching for love.

Posted byCarlenJanuary 19, 2022January 19, 2022Posted inArchives, Memoir & Poetry

Minor Feelings

A series of essays that explores Hong’s Asian American identity and critiques the culture that surrounds it.

Posted byCarlenDecember 2, 2021December 2, 2021Posted inArchives, Memoir & Poetry

Heavy: An American Memoir

A heart-wrenching memoir of growing up Black in Mississippi: a story about family, achievement, loss, writing, and gambling.

Posted byCarlenOctober 10, 2021November 14, 2021Posted inArchives, Memoir & Poetry

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