We've been so happy about Madison King's active and generous participation in our RIFF Facebook group, sharing an array of observations and always...
A Valentine Story: An American in Paris
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“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.”
—Mark Twain
STRANGER THAN
FICTION
TOPICS
Real-World Experiences, inside and out.
- Nature Writing
- Travel Writing / Global Voices
- Incredible Stories
- Heroic Memoirs
- Real-Life Crime Stories
- Animal Stories
- Tales of Survival
- Biography
- Historical
- Food Writing
- Inner Discovery
- Other
Jam Session — History Rhymes: Black Lives Lost, PT. 2
When we asked Cornelius Eady about Black History Month, he responded by sending us a cycle of songs / poems. Eight in all, Eady named the cycle...
Jam Session — History Rhymes: Black Lives Lost, PT. 1
When we asked Cornelius Eady about Black History Month, he responded by sending us a cycle of songs / poems. Eight in all, Eady named the cycle...
AND STILL WE RISE
Hearing stories recently from so many young black men and women picked at emotional scabs from invisible wounds accrued over the years. We — meaning...
How to Put on Your Big Girl Panties for the Pandemic
So, I’ve been traveling in a pandemic for eight months because this was the year to write full-time and finally leave America with Trump behind....
ME, MYSELF, & WHY
(Riff—a phrase synonymous with tune, refrain, groove, sample, jam, strum, noodle—only here "riff" plays with words instead of lyrics or strings.)...
OLD ARGUMENTS, WON AND LOST
My husband has always had ideas—lots of ideas. He’s relentlessly curious, willing to pursue any cockamamie theory that intrigues him. These...
The Ineffability of a Hug
BEHIND THE SCENES: SETTING: This morning, 6:30. Jan is sitting at her computer. Steve walks in with a cup of coffee. STEVE: Are you going to...
Of Cattle Crossings, Barbed Wire, and Cuddle Corners
An excerpt from a memoir on grief, addiction, and love I really was a devoted wife. I was called that in a proclamation about my husband’s life from...
COVID Has Made Me Old Before My Time
I blame the masks, in part. At the deli case at Central Market, for example, I’m separated from the guys who slice and package my order not only by...
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