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Madame

We received them in Portofino, their eyes glittering as their Louis Vuitton luggage piled onto the decks of the 165-foot sailing yacht. After years...

Kingfisher

I walked along the lakeside, As a radiance of kingfishers moved, A vast swarm, flowing through the air, A concentration built for the rain, But coloured in by...

Folklore

This series explores real and imagined customs and superstitions.     For more Folklore, visit Lindsey Leigh Art.

One Foot in Front of the Other

I sat next to David among the cluster of desks that made a semi-circle in the portable classroom. Our charter high school was a...

Ask Annie: How Writers Should Read

Writers, especially those just starting out, should read omnivorously, insatiably, constantly, selfishly, and slowly. So slowly that the flow and rhythms of the prose...

The Power of TÁR

“I think we need to stop creating space for white men to be a part of this conversation,” S, a white woman, American, in...

View from The Third Floor

In 2014, at the age of 64 years, I began teaching at a high school in Brooklyn. What did I teach? Students. English Composition....

Mirrors

Playground Primer

The Unbearable Weight of My Heart

Pangyrus presents the first place winning story of our spring 2023 Fiction Contest: "The Unbearable Weight of My Heart" by Erin Almond.   _______________________ 153 lbs. Sharon, at...

Afternoon Mass

Summer structure is the teacher’s double-edged sword: every day’s Sabbath, but no one sleeps in. Restless pilgrims open season, queue delirium: Take us, take us— So, I gas...
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Advice

Ask Annie: How Writers Should Read

Writers, especially those just starting out, should read omnivorously, insatiably, constantly, selfishly, and slowly. So slowly that the flow and rhythms of the prose...

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