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How My Favorite Books Helped Me Cope When I Was Sick, by M. L. Lanzillotta
This post is part of 805's “My Home Library” series that features writers and artists enjoying their home libraries during the pandemic...
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Mar 31, 20212 min read
The Queen’s Eyes, by Kim Allouche
Once upon a time, a long time ago, there was a lovely, young queen with black locks who lived high up in a castle with an angry,...
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Mar 24, 20214 min read
On Tuesday, by Sudeepta Sanyal
Shanti rolls the loose end of the sari and ties it tightly around her waist. She sits down on the inverted tin and dusts the stone on...
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Mar 19, 20212 min read
Books As Portals, by Brian Jewell
Books can be many things to many people and can take on many forms, both metaphorically and quite literally. They come in hardbacks and pape
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Mar 15, 20212 min read
Leave me, by Zainab Batool
If your pain could speak to you, it would say "leave me" You've been taking me all along Carrying the ache in your hands. Halt your steps...
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Mar 12, 20212 min read
Reading through Quarantine and Retirement, by Christa King
This post is part of 805's “My Home Library” series that features writers and artists enjoying their home libraries during the pandemic...
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Mar 10, 20212 min read
I am Fermenting, by Ellen Gwin
In my bitter sixteens I tasted like sweet, succulent blackberries. As dark as I presented myself, my skin oozed red sap onto anyone with...
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Mar 5, 20212 min read
The MCU or The Medicated Cinematic Universe, by Thomas Fucaloro
This post is part of 805's “My Home Library” series that features writers and artists enjoying their home libraries during the pandemic...
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Mar 3, 20212 min read
Manzhouli: Self-portrait of a City, by Tara Manshon
A favorite pastime of Manzhoulians is to collect broken and discarded items. Homes are often decorated with the unwanted and it is not...
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Feb 24, 20214 min read
The Shape of My Library and Its Art, by Bibiana Ossai
According to Dr. Seuss, the author of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that
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Feb 24, 20214 min read
Lies I’ll Tell My Son, by Michael Keenan Gutierrez
My great-grandfather was a bookie. This is true. He worked a corner in downtown Los Angeles back in the 30s and 40s, running a newspaper...
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Feb 22, 20211 min read
Plans for the Pandemic, by Suzanne Austin-Hill
This post by 805 contributor Suzanne S. Austin-Hill is part of our“My Home Library” series that features writers and artists enjoying...
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Feb 17, 20214 min read
Silence, by Ellie Benesch
As we sit on the couch, I look out at the gray sky. It’s almost charcoal, with lighter strokes here and there. I hear the thunder growl,...
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Feb 11, 20212 min read
On the Other Side, Ann Liska
Ann Liska's personal book collection becomes a sort of community library for her friends and family as she helps them connect with books...
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Feb 10, 20216 min read
She Sets the Sun, by Benjamin Kling
There’s a clearing by the waterfall where the trees don’t stand because they’re afraid to be alone. They huddle together like freshmen on...
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Feb 3, 20212 min read
Boy Lazarus, by Taylor Leigh Harper
Tell me who raised you again, dusted dirt off your saffron-soured bones? After your resurrection, you smelled of peat moss, dirty socks,...
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Feb 1, 20212 min read
1877 to COVID-19, by Kate MacDonald
Kate MacDonald's poem traces her books with publications spanning centuries. This post is part of 805's “My Home Library” series that...
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Jan 28, 20212 min read
This Library Contains Multitudes, by Jacqueline Parker
Jacqueline Parker cherishes her eclectic collection of books and literary magazines. This post is part of 805's “My Home Library” series...
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Jan 25, 20211 min read
Najah Webb's piece chosen for Best Microfiction
The earth was shaking and the picture frames were falling and the car horns were honking and my breath caught. The short piece "Ne Plus...
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Jan 21, 20211 min read
Vivian McInerny's Debut Children's Book Published!
We're proud to announce that 805 writer Vivian McInerny's first picture book, The Whole Hole Story, was published January 12, 2021 by an...
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