TW Contributors Respond to the Global Pandemic
It makes no sense to close yourself off from others now. I receive a joke, laugh my head off, pass it on. If it's not in a language that the other person knows, I translate it.
Illness
Writing in a Crisis
Apr 20, 2020
Isolation Hospital
Dec 02, 2019
Flash Essay by Kenneth Michael Stewart
It’s not the spasms or pain I remember, only the damp, hot, itchy, smelly strips of wool.
The Weight of Departure
Sep 30, 2019
Essay by Eric Stinton
I could move in any direction or be motionless, disconnected from everything—my life back in Korea, my plans to move home.
Daytime All the Time
Sep 30, 2019
Essay by Jeremiah Horrigan
Everyone else in my family would remember me when I was gone. But not him.
Kathleen Spivack: Shaping What You Write
Oct 02, 2017
TW Interview by Jennifer Jean
You really have to swim down into yourself when you’re writing, which is why people confuse it all with mental illness.
Camera Obscura
Jun 05, 2017
Personal Essay by Rebecca Schumejda
I’m afraid of contributing to the stigma of mental illness by telling this story.
The Golden Record
May 08, 2017
TW Poetry Spotlight
We wanted to make a good impression. Maybe even to launch a conversation.
Confined to Quarters
May 01, 2017
Personal Essay by Marianne Goldsmith
Off his meds, Daniel went to a bar, got spooked, and lost his temper.
Night Fishing
Mar 06, 2017
Personal Essay by Sara Hubbs
Have you ever recoiled from your own newborn?
Dispatches from the Land of Well
Feb 06, 2017
Personal Essay by Jamie Passaro
I can go out to a restaurant and no longer think the people at the next table are sending me messages in their sentences.
