Creative

Nonfiction

May Contributors

Erica Anderson, Shena Cavallo, David Capps, Summer Griffin, Amanda Parrack, Nicholas Schmidt, A.L. Smith, Monique Quintana, Phaedra Saffron, Rachel Sarnoff, Honor Teoudoussia, and Ellen White

May Highlights

  • dear ivan pavlov,

    CNF by Erica Anderson

    “That little sh*t stop patch of land is permanently burned into my brain. Like Pavlov’s dogs, the sight alone makes my body remember unloading brunch onto very expensive dirt.”

  • encounters

    Micro CNF by Nicholas Schmidt

    “We saw them from across the plain. We were up on a hill, green grass tufted around our ankles, walking a ridge. A big ole mama bear and her cub.”

  • family reunion

    Micro CNF by Ellen White

    “My cousin and I have been looking for Bridget Reynold’s grave for twenty years. Lots of Reynolds. Just one Cornelius. On the headstone: Bridget, his Wife cut sharp beneath the date of death.”

  • honey, spice, and spirit

    CNF by Phaedra Saffron

    “This drink is honey, spice, and spirit…I shall drink it in your honor, your ever-loving memory. Serenaded by her speeding cars, her homeless men playing all manner of instruments for spare change.”

  • seals

    Micro CNF by Rachel Sarnoff

    “One day waves will break through the walls, rush up and over the prom, crash through the glass, and carry the seals back to the ocean. They will float on their backs and bark and clap, toss their balls into the air like confetti, celebrate the win of which their ancestors could only dream.