From eighth grade until my sophomore year, I crushed on Mike Rock. Then my laser focus turned to Scott Sabella until I graduated from high school. We attended our junior prom together. To be honest,…
Category: Lit Mag Love
Lit Mag Love: Charlotte Maya
I am familiar with grief math, especially word problems: If Lauren was 49 when her younger son died at sixteen in 2018, how old will she be when she’s lived sixteen years without him? Answer:…
Lit Mag Love: Jamy Bond
This is a grief memoir on fire in Mozambique. It’s a long love letter to a younger sister, a Peace Corps volunteer. The writer, Jamy Bond, was also a Peace Corps volunteer. She opens with…
Lit Mag Love: Eirinie Carson
I’ve written about how my perspective about grief shifted dramatically when I lost my baby. O. was sixteen, my younger boy, and watching him slip away was terrifying. Living without him is like having a…
Lit Mag Love: Eileen Vorbach Collins
This Lit Mag Love is all about writer Eileen Vorbach Collins. Damn, she’s prolific and so good. I came across her award-winning piece in Lunch Ticket. It reminded me of the bins I have in…
Lit Mag Love: Ben Sandman
I know some people don’t like epistolary pieces, but I almost always do. This is a series of emails from a novelist on a deadline who’s moved to a new apartment with his wife, a…
Lit Mag Love: Casey Mulligan Walsh
I found writer Casey Mulligan Walsh in the June 2022 issue of Split Lip, where she lives up to their mission: We’re a literary journal that’s totally bonkers-in-love with voice-driven writing, pop culture, and the…
Lit Mag Love: Nikki Schulak
My Lit Mag Love posts are all about finding treasures when I immerse myself in the hundreds of literary magazines online. I submitted a piece to Porcupine Literary, a magazine for and by teachers, but…
Lit Mag Love: The Highchair on FB
My Lit Mag Love posts are all about finding treasures when I immerse myself in the hundreds of literary magazines online. I submitted a piece to Lunch Ticket magazine on a Tuesday and they rejected…
Lit Mag Love: Amelia Bedelia Takes a COVID Test
My Lit Mag Love posts are all about finding treasures when I immerse myself in the hundreds of literary magazines online. I did a search for magazines that accept previously published material and came across…