creative nonfiction

Megan Hamilton retells stories of her small town through some of its least-noticed structures.

Rita Willett remembers the old Saint Louis City Hospital and realizes that some things really haven’t changed.

Brett Beasley finds that the marathon is the sport of those humble creatures who fail, but it is watched by those who still think that they are heroes.

I. Breast, n. either of the pair of mammary glands extending from the front of the chest in pubescent and adult human females and some other mammals the seat of emotion and thought[1]   When my breasts started to develop in early puberty, I thought I had cancer. On a family visit to my grandparents’ […]

Laura Brown strings together snippets of memory from the “ragtag communities” that have taught her how to stitch her own “book of common prayers.”

Cathy Warner offers a segmented chronology of her prayer life, an ongoing search to rest in the love of God, even “beyond words.”

After an earnest fifteen-year abstention from meat, Alissa Herbaly Coons finds solace in the stockpot, coming to terms with her place in the food chain and the glory to be found in the breaking not only of bread, but of bones as well.

Writer Jeanne Murray Walker offers a mediation on leaving church and finding fellowship and peace at Produce Junction.

Jason Byassee examines fatherhood, mortality, resurrection, and the hope of a good surf.