Spilling the T
When University of Baltimore MFA student Joshua Cole decided to transition, he suddenly felt motherless. Then one day, Coretta showed up… I don’t believe in ghosts. Most days, I barely believe in...
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Baltimore writer Elisabeth Dahl loses herself on Halloween night, in a good way. One late October day when I was three or four, my mother woke me early from an afternoon nap. She held up a full...
View ArticleThe Road to Hell
Baltimore writer Elizabeth Hazen confesses (and reconsiders) an ancient crime. Some mornings my son, nearly six and a half years old, wakes up raging over the injustices of the world: Why does he have...
View ArticleWhy at 31 Years Old I Had My Eyebrows Waxed for the First Time
Recent University of Baltimore MFA grad Lauren Beck never bowed down to the stinging gods of conventional eyebrow-grooming, until one day she decided to throw caution to the wax. It all started on...
View ArticleHidden Nerve
photo by Judith Krummeck Baltimore writer and beloved voice of classical music radio (WBJC) Judith Krummeck describes her sense of place — in the U.S. and Africa — and her sense of longing for each...
View ArticleAn Unaffiliated Jew: How I Got Religion
image via kanestreet.org University of Baltimore MFA student Ellen Hartley describes her stint in Hebrew school, the scandal that rocked her temple, and the pivotal personal decision she made at age...
View ArticleLessons from a Turtle
image via ecology.com Award-winning poet Elizabeth Hazen reflects on her ambitious life thus far — the winning, the losing, the waiting it out. Once at the National Zoo, I watched a pair of giant...
View ArticleTo All the Young Women Never Cast as Clara
image circa 1890 In a special installment of “My Real Life Modern Family,” writer Patrice Hutton reflects funnily and philosophically on childhood Christmases past. ‘Tis the season, the season in...
View ArticleToward Graphic Maturity
image via fastcodesign.com Essayist Lindsay Fleming ponders the character hidden inside each person’s handwriting. I’m filling out the permission form for an after-school activity and call Addie over...
View ArticleEvery Dog
University of Baltimore MFA student Jessica Welch tells a harrowing (yet not unhappy) story of bad dogs, good mothers and great friendship. I met Mary Patelli when I was five. Our mothers were ICU...
View ArticleAt Light City, A Discussion on Black Identity from Two Baltimore Thought Leaders
Johns Hopkins School of Education assistant professor Wendy Osefo (left) and Baltimore author D. Watkins. How does one define what it means to be black – and does it help anyone to try? Acclaimed...
View ArticleThe Little Cloud that Cried…Or How to Chill in July
image via pinterest University of Baltimore MFA grad Sue Loweree remembers her ice-skating contest/identity crisis. It’s such a cathartic read, especially in the Baltimore summertime, you’ll likely...
View ArticleMost People Are Other People
A little girl holds her Tamu doll, circa 1970. Baltimore-based fiction writer and Goucher prof Kathy Flann reflects on her first significant relationship with a baby doll. ——– When I was four, my...
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