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Pushcart Prize Winner 2026 – Sibbie O’Sullivan
Pushcart Prize winner 2026 - Sibbie o'SullivanSibbie O'Sullivan's lyric essay "The Flutist" from Issue 27.2 has been chosen as a Pushcart Prize winner for 2026. You can read her essay through either of these two methods. Buy the Issue. Buy digital access to...
REVIEWS
Ferocious and Featherlight
Ferocious and Featherlight Pondering Womanhood in Yoke & Feather Yoke & FeatherBy Jessie Van Eerden212 pp. Dzanc Books, $17.95Released November 2024 Jessie Van Eerden’s Yoke and Feather explores what it means to be a woman of faith without...
MULTIMEDIA
Smell Map of Kyoto in October
Smell Map of Kyoto in October Winner of the 2025 Multimedia Essay ContestHaving trouble viewing this essay? Click here to open in new window.
CRAFT ESSAYS
Microcharacterization in Nonfiction
I’m not sure when microcharacterization becomes fully fledged characterization, and I’ve been debating whether it’s a matter of scale, if it looks different in flash than it does in longform. I don’t have a specific answer, whether it’s a phrase, a line, or a...
INTERVIEWS
Essaying as Empowerment
“Essays that dwell in uncertainty are in many ways closest to the truth of the human experience. They don’t offer tidy solutions because life rarely operates that way. Instead, they offer ruminations, reflection, a powerful vulnerability, and tender insight.”
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A Bind
If you travel with a fear of flying, mental health experts recommend that you hold fast to the facts. Remind yourself of statistics that show that the most dangerous part of your travel day is the car ride to or from the airport.
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