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Rabbi Elliot Kukla writes about the importance of taking time to rest in his essay which was first published in the New York Times. With an ear to the pulse of a nation exhausted from natural disasters, mass shootings and the pandemic, Kukla prescribes a remedy of laziness and relaxation to heal our deepest wounds. […]
In his incredibly chilling and honest essay, “The Dark Month”, Christopher Collins explores his faith and belief after witnessing a boy’s senseless death during the war in Afghanistan. Brian O’Neil reads this essay that was first published in Creative Nonfiction. The essay is a bit longer than most of the pieces we choose, but we […]
Based on the Beck song, “Que Onda Guero”, Kelly Shire’s musical essay (first published in Memoir Mixtapes) explores a young girl’s search for identity while working in a warehouse. Surrounded by men who have hired her because they thought she was white (not half-Mexican) and thought she would “class up the place”, she handles herself […]