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Nonfiction: Coming Together in God’s Country

by Linda Oatman High

The pastoral hamlet of Nickel Mines, a village of 27 households, watched in somber grief as five funeral processions clip-clopped, numbers on buggies displaying the closeness of the loss.  read on >>

Fiction: Findings

by Ursula K. LeGuin

I look now at my daughter, that strong little woman who sits huddled in a chair for a moment before she gets up again to do more than can be done. I look at her with pity, with admiration, with rage. How beautiful she is! She is as beautiful as my mother was and her daughter will be.  read on >>

Reviews: What Feeds Us

Reviewed Julie R. Enszer

Fruit, vegetables and other sensuous explorations in Diane Lockward's second collection of poetry.  read on >>

Columns: Hide and Seek

Valerie Wilkinson

I think it was the eyes, damp though they were. Or maybe the smile, even with the quiver. There was something. I'm sure of it. A glimmer, a sparkle, a moment of grateful recognition.   read on >>