Ask Mrs. Cheese
Miffed that a deli charged you extra to add a slice of Swiss to your ham-and-cheese? Angry that your mother called your new outfit “cheesy”? Ask Mrs. Cheese, they don’t call her a cheese-monger for […]
Category: Fiction
New England Braces for French Toast Avalanche as Storm Passes By
SEEKONK, Mass. For Bernadette Worson, a 34-year-old mother of two, the projected “megastorm” that was supposed to hit New England this weekend required an all-hands-on-deck response. “My father was snowed in during the blizzard of […]
Do I Hear an Alarm, or Is Someone Reciting Free Verse?
Evelyn Waugh gave Edith Sitwell a pocket air-raid siren, which she would set off when people asked her whether free verse is more truly poetic than rhymed. The Letters of Nancy Mitford & Evelyn […]
In Fight Against Ironic Detachment, Some Are Deserters
NATICK, Mass. It’s a drizzly Friday in this western suburb of Boston, but the weather hasn’t dampened the spirits of a thousand participants assembled here for a twenty-mile walk into the city. The problem is […]
The Sylvia Plath Foreclosure Sale
I grew up surrounded by females. My dad owned a women’s clothing store. Both of my sisters were girls, and my mom was a woman. We had two female cats whose names–Big Kitty and Baby […]
My Poetic Life Insurance Exam
“Do you think you have enough life insurance?” my wife asked with concern after watching another half hour’s worth of depressing news. “All those Star Wars tchotchkes!” “Why do you ask?” I asked, and […]