January: A Poem
Swirling thoughts threaten my joy. Burnout: groceries, again; cooking, again; backpacks, again; that minivan with doors that slide: forward, back; forward, back; forward, back; again.…
Read More January: A PoemMemphis Listening Lab and Memphis Record Pressing Join Forces
Memphis Listening Lab (MLL) has announced Memphis Record Pressing (MRP) as their 2022 title sponsor as well as released details on a series of workshops to further educate…
Read More Memphis Listening Lab and Memphis Record Pressing Join ForcesLooking from Here to a Place Beyond Waiting Rooms
“One question,” he plops down a big stack of paperwork on her desk. “My parents won’t see these forms, will they?” I cannot hear the…
Read More Looking from Here to a Place Beyond Waiting RoomsGayoso Bayou and Catfish Bay: Where are They Now?
Beginning as an open floodway and transformed to an underground drainage system, Gayoso Bayou has become one of Memphis’s hidden waterways. “Bayou” can either refer…
Read More Gayoso Bayou and Catfish Bay: Where are They Now?Make a Resolution for Better Mental Health
There’s no greater resolution than better mental health. By the end of January, more than half of all New Year’s resolutions will have been abandoned.…
Read More Make a Resolution for Better Mental HealthPaint Memphis: No Zombies in the Mural
This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue I of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in November 2021. Interview with Paint Memphis’s founder Dr. Karen Golightly Paint Memphis is…
Read More Paint Memphis: No Zombies in the MuralGreat Outdoors and the Need to Roam
I have finally given up. Maybe “given in” is a better way to say it. It seems that riding bikes, building forts, running barefoot down…
Read More Great Outdoors and the Need to RoamCalled to the Water: A global fleet of stories about the deep
By Emily Choate for Chapter16.org originally published January 18, 2022 Trouble the Waters: Tales from the Deep Blue — a new anthology of speculative fiction co-edited by lauded…
Read More Called to the Water: A global fleet of stories about the deepOpinion: I may fear, but I will go
For activist TM Garret, the January 15 crisis at the Texas synagogue was yet another reminder of the fears we now face daily Feature image…
Read More Opinion: I may fear, but I will goGet Out of Town: Rollin’ Stone Weekend
Story and photos by Ken Billett, originally published in StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly, Vol. 1 Issue I September 26, 2021, approximately 9:00 am: the stainless steel…
Read More Get Out of Town: Rollin’ Stone Weekend