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Dec 15, 20248 min read
[Essay] Great White Whaling
By Jim Moores “It was Moby Dick that dismantled me... For forever and a day I shall chase that white whale”. - Captain Ahab Some years...
Dec 15, 20241 min read
[Essay] Amercian Savages
by Nik Xandir Wolf
Dec 15, 20247 min read
[Essay] Keepsakes
By L.A. Hunt “Gilligan, Rat Face, and Rags.” There, I typed it. It’s shameful and I hate thinking about how I said it. Well, more than...
Dec 3, 20241 min read
[Essay] Wise Words
By Wendy K. Mages I’m glad Barbara, my thesis advisor, prefers incandescent lamps to florescent lights. Her office is dimly lit; I can...
Nov 5, 20242 min read
[Essays] Coral on Their Bleaching
By Cypress Wilde Their appendages stretched out in front of me, white and prickly. It is getting much, much warmer here in the Florida...
Oct 8, 20242 min read
[Essays] by Michael Theroux
Breakwater Against the wash of time and tide, great granite walls stretch out, away, cutting in two the incoming flow. Protecting,...
Sep 10, 20244 min read
[Essay] In Lieu Of A Final Term Paper You've Been Assigned This Open-Book Exam
By Katherine Plumhoff Carefully read the entire test before doing anything. In order to ensure the accuracy of this exam, you should...
Aug 13, 20243 min read
[Essay] Euphoria
By Sofia Huebner Wave after wave crashed upon the beach, frothing at the mouth, spitting salt and foam, teasing my eager eyes. A sound...
Jul 16, 20249 min read
[Essay] A Whippoorwill Call
By Sherri Harvey The whippoorwill is so named for its call—three whistled notes that sound like “whip-poor-will.” It could repeat this...
Jul 1, 20244 min read
[Essay] The Pickup Truck Museum
by Lisa Loop I spent my morning behind a 1978 Chevy truck on the 134 east. These days, when I see one of these old trucks, I want to...
Jul 1, 20244 min read
[Essay] New Mexico to Major Tom
by Sean Stiny The gin-clear runoff from abundant winter snow meanders down spontaneous falls. The rum-colored Rio Grande holds sway...
Jul 1, 202413 min read
[Essay] Carnie Abe
by Perrin Pring I’ll call him Abe. Carnie Abe. Let me back up. In college, during the summers, I worked for a company as a river rafting...
Jul 1, 202412 min read
[Essay] Busted Belonging
by Krista Puttler I learned to surf on a gentle, rolling break called Canoes. It’s the one tourists are told they’ll be able to surf once...
May 21, 20241 min read
[Essay] The Cave, the Wave, the Nereide
By Nadja Velez Photos: marine caves of Ponta João D’Arens, Southwestern Algarve (Portugal). Taken by author while freediving. Through...
Apr 23, 20248 min read
[Essay] Surfing
By Madison Head Every single aspect of surfing is the worst and hardest part of surfing. Ever since I was a child, my dad has been trying...
Mar 26, 20245 min read
[Essay] Don Quixote’s Bear Spray
By Sean Stiny A hiker strolled past us with a baby on his back and a Glock strapped to his chest. We feigned nonchalance, gave a trail...
Feb 27, 20242 min read
[Essay] My Essence My Peace
By Stephen House I stop my car on the top of a familiar cliff. Below, perfectly formed green-blue waves hit a rocky point and peel into a...
Jan 30, 202410 min read
[Essay] Two Grand Irish National Races by Ken Hogarty
May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, the rains fall soft upon...
Dec 15, 20238 min read
[Essay] Drunk Driving in Barbie City
by Sara Marchant My brother, Marvin, crucified my Ken doll upside down on the Dream House balcony when I was eight. He used so much tape...
Dec 15, 202311 min read
[Essay] Queen of the Metas
By Hannah Knighton “A good amount of the job is observational,” Taylor Sakmar said as he crouched in front of a tank, peering in at the...
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