“A queen travels” by Sasha at her kitchen table
Saturday, February 24, 2018 10:08pm 5 minutes Winter Watch Jennifer Elise Foerster Mom sits us all down in the living room. Penny’s sucking her thumb and no one calls her out. Liam is playing on his...
View Article“plush and pregnant into my palm” by Sasha at her kitchen table
Saturday, March 3, 2018 11:46pm 5 minutes Ode to a Desiccated Olive James Cagney You used to make jokes about people like me. And now I’ve become one of those calorie counting, jegging wearing, decaf...
View Article“Oh my god it HURTS!” By Sasha at Anytime Fitness
Wednesday March 7, 2018 8:31pm The Stand Stephen King Hands on hips and butt naked Martha gives me a look like I’m never escaping. “But you lied to me!” She shouts at the top of her lungs. “It’s a...
View Article“the hypocrites will teach.” By Sasha at her desk
Monday May 7, 2018 11:10pm 5 minutes From a quote by Suzy Kassem “I’m so glad you’ve come, Genevieve! I didn’t think you were going to – “ Katherine smells like Clinique. “You didn’t tell you Mom I was...
View Article“play the role of devoted son.” By Julia at G and C’s house
Saturday August 11, 2018 1:33am 5 minutes Tincture Of Mother Alan Craig you can call them while you’re walking home on the busy bridge and tell them you love them. you can ask them if they can pick you...
View Article“We are writing to confirm” by Julia on the 99
Tuesday November 21, 2017 8:59pm 5 minutes from an email YOU HAVE BEEN CORDIALLY INVITED TO SHARE IN THE NAMING CEREMONY OF OUR BABY! (Please turn over) Your attendance and your baby names are...
View Article“There is a dream I remember having” By Julia on V, J, W, and A’s couch
Thursday, February 22, 2018 10:01pm 5 minutes The Wilds of Sleep Kat Duff I am younger than nine I remember just fine Not the age or the stage But the people and the place It’s not scary but it’s a...
View Article“I imagine him alive.” By Julia in her bed
Monday January 21, 2019 9:28pm 5 minutes Stories We Keep To Ourselves Bill Glose I imagine him alive with dark hair covering his tiny little head He has a perfect face Maybe a few years from now he’ll...
View Article“law of human psychology” by Julia at the bus stop
Thursday January 24, 2019 4:08pm 5 minutes A quote by William Pickens Lynn was excited to drop her psych classes and start taking theatre. She knew she belonged on stage, or with actors, or in a...
View Article“It’s comfy and cozy.” By Julia in her bed
10:43pm Wednesday February 13, 2019 from a text Salesman sells the bed well says that’s where it’s comfy cozy and did you see? It’s big enough for three.. We say we ain’t looking for a bed that fits...
View Article“change the towels in the bathroom” by Julia at the studio
Monday July 31, 2017 4:54pm 5 minutes Amelia Bedelia Peggy Parish Mona in the bath tub on her knees, scrubbing. Finds a collection of black mildew. Furrows her already furrowed brow. She curses his...
View Article“if everyone else forgets” by Sasha at her desk
Thursday August 24, 2017 6:55pm 5 minutes From a greeting card In 1976 it’s the coldest birthday you’ve ever had February brings hail and relentless freezing Marg and Bob forget too and that makes...
View Article“Why does having children” by Julia in her bed
Sunday September 3, 2017 11:49pm 5 minutes Don’t Even Think About It: why our brains are wired to ignore climate change George Marshall why does having children have to be the norm anyway what if I’m...
View Article“Water music” By Sasha at Knowlton Lake
Monday, October 2 6:59pm 5 minutes Major Orchestral Works Felix Mendelssohn I take a bath in the tub where I learned to swim My sister across from me Peppermint soap in our ear’s The hum of our parents...
View Article“the name of being an outlaw” by Julia on A’s couch
Sunday July 28, 2019 12:42am 5 minutes Mustang Man Louis L’amour So you rebelled when you were a kid, learned to step off the sauce cause it wasn’t allowed, then you got yourself carried home without...
View Article“no matter what she wears.” By Sasha at The Common on Bloor
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at The Common on Bloor 3:47pm 5 minutes from a quote by Anne Roiphe “We need to get him to start meditating, Carmen,” he hears his father say to his mother. It’s their Monday...
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“Isabella (image dip)” By Julia at The Common on Bloor
Thursday, April 11, 2013 at The Common on Bloor 2:06pm 5 minutes By Julia Pileggi Jumping time is any time! That’s what Mommy says! Mommy says so many things that I can’t even REMEMBER THEM ALL!!...
View Article“We take care of you” by Julia at Nicole’s house
Tuesday June 11,2013 5:44pm 5 minutes The blackboard in front of The Good Neighbour Espresso Bar Betty wanted folks to feel welcome in her home so she made sure there were always matches in the loo,...
View Article“He began patiently” by Sasha at the desk in the hostel at Banff
Thursday, July 19, 2013 12:16pm 5 minutes House Rules Heather Lewis He began patiently peeling of the floral wallpaper. “Honey?” His mother, her freshly-cut bob framing her face like a daisy, stood at...
View Article“pleasures of science.” by Julia at her kitchen table
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 12:40am 5 minutes The Norton Anthology of English literature And here’s where I pick a relatively HUGE-ASS bone with people who refer to their parents as their “best...
View Article“So I let go of my parents’ approval” by Sasha on the subway going West
Sunday October 13, 2013 11:23pm 5 minutes The Unhealthy Truth Robyn O’Brien I wish our conversations could go like this: Me: Hey, when were you planning on doing the laundry? You: Oh man! You read my...
View Article“He Was A Spy” by Sasha at her kitchen table
Tuesday January 21, 2014 10:32pm 5 minutes Tweet from The New York Times When he got the call, he wasn’t ready. “We’re here, Mr. Martinez.” He surveyed the table where Rosa used to stuff empanadas and...
View Article“he had heard on the phone” by Sasha on her couch
Sunday February March 2 2014 12:02am 5 minutes The Murder Room P.D James That Margaret would be late, that she’d sprained her ankle played dodge ball and was taking the later bus. He felt his heart...
View Article“MADE IN CANADA” by Julia on her couch
Monday March 31, 2014 1:02am 5 minutes the hotel shampoo bottle I was born here, wishing that I wasn’t, cause, when I was young everything was better when it wasn’t, when I wasn’t, when it just...
View Article“Entry at the front doors only” by Julia on the 501 going west
Wednesday April 9, 2014 11:28pm 5 minutes said by the streetcar conductor I knew I was doing a bad thing, trying to get my baby brother, SJ, on the train without a ticket. I knew I was doing a bad bad...
View Article“Heavy duty” by Julia at the Marriott in Providence RI
Friday May 2, 2014 11:45pm 5 minutes from the sponge wrapper Papa used to get so mad at me when I’d track mud through the house–told me, Deirdre, could you for once stop playing like a little piggy?...
View Article“be this comfortable” by Julia on the river walk in Minneapolis
Saturday Aug 2, 2014 4:27pm 5 minutes dipped from Joe’s wallet Hannah and her teddy bear were stranded on the side of the highway, holding a rescue seance and trying really hard not to cry. Somehow...
View Article“the landing cure” by Julia at Hunter’s Landing
Saturday August 30, 2014 at Hunter’s Landing 2:25pm 5 minutes Hunter’s Landing menu Tawny lost her tooth at the supermarket and she’s really bummed about it, Kev. What are we supposed to do about the...
View Article“Let me just say he did some pretty terrible things” by Julia at Valens...
Friday, June 12, 2015 5:01pm 5 minutes Overheard at Valens Graham was finally allowed to see his daughter in two years and he wasn’t going to sabotage himself this time. No chance in hell was he...
View Article“the important mother” by Julia at her desk
Tuesday, June 16, 2015 11:47pm 5 minutes Back of the Bragg’s Apple Cider Vinegar bottle She wasn’t a very good mother, I can say that without even feeling the slightest pang of guilt. Wanna know why?...
View Article“a boy like me calls his mother.” by Julia on her patio
Monday, July 20, 2015 6:19pm 5 minutes http://www.howlround.com I HAVE A DOG! Daddy saved a little black one from the shelter and brought him home for me TO KEEP! Mom said play nice with Joseph. Daddy...
View Article“grabbed by the notion” by Julia on the 505 going West
Tuesday, July 21, 2015 11:28pm 5 minutes from a letter to a celebrity I’m on the ocean The waves are healing me I’m looking deep In the cave in my chest I’m on the ocean The water is curing me I’m...
View Article“A boy in my algebra class nicknamed me “terrorist”” by Julia at English Bay...
Saturday September 12, 2015 8:01pm 5 minutes https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/life-as-a-hairy-muslim-girl-after-911 I think Luke heard it from his dad or something. Luke is always coming into...
View Article“As a heavy-metal band” by Julia at Platform 7 Coffee Brew Bar
Wednesday March 2, 2016 at Platform 7 2:59pm 5 minutes The Comic Toolbox John Vorhaus I am joining a band! A Circus! I don’t care about the big hair part! I just want to eat music for breakfast! I’m...
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Sunday March 20, 2016 3:32pm 5 minutes from authorspublish.com When William came home from his first day of grade 1, he showed me a chart he made- a Venn diagram with the titles: THINGS I DO AT HOME...
View Article“your comfort and ours” by Sasha at her kitchen table
Saturday April 9, 2016 8:32pm 5 minutes from an email My mother and father on their wedding day Anthony and Sharon Twenty nine – both of them, born the same year 1979 – August U of T Faculty club “My...
View Article“She wants to keep the baby.” by Julia at Starbucks
Friday June 10, 2016 at Starbucks 7:10am 5 minutes from Facebook post -So we’re going to do this then? Is this actually happening?! -Well you’re not exactly doing anything, are you. -Sam. What the...
View Article“who’d surprise his roommates” by Julia at Starbucks
Wednesday June 22, 2016 at Starbucks 7:07am 5 minutes Anthony’s Glass Eye Billeh Nickerson Callahan is coming home tonight. He’s been in Europe mastering the art of Instagram and showing off his cool...
View Article“how she wants to move herself” by Julia at Starbucks
Monday June 27, 2016 at Starbucks 7:04am 5 minutes Apartment Hunting in the East End Don Austin How she wants to move herself is her business! My father exclaims from behind the island in the kitchen...
View Article“the reconnection of a couple” by Julia at her dining table
Wednesday August 17, 2016 10:31pm 5 minutes roommagazine.com He had been gone for a long time. I think he was fishing with his new wife, Amber. I hadn’t seen him after he left my mother with a...
View Article“I tried to do it years ago” by Julia on her couch
Wednesday May 3, 2017 4:43pm 5 minutes Devices On Standby Joan Didion I remember writing letters to my future self I made it pretty clear that by 24 I would be married just like my mom that I would...
View Article“quite desperate to escape all the people” by Julia on her couch
Saturday July 29, 2017 12:39am 5 minutes The Humans Matt Haig Melissa throws a party for her sister by accident. She doesn’t mean to be in charge but she’s the most capable and everyone knows it. She...
View Article“Life Lessons From 100-Year-Olds” by Julia at the studio
Sunday July 30, 2017 8:59pm 5 minutes Youtube 1)Don’t go to bed with makeup on 2)Don’t go to bed with strangers 3)Don’t go to bed 4)Tell him how you feel 5)Tell her what you want 6)Listen to your body...
View Article“So close to the end of my childbearing life” by Julia at her desk
Tuesday September 3, 2019 8:46pm 5 minutes The Girl Marie Howe So close to the dream of what I used to believe in and here we are smiling our hearts out at the little ones down at the water, running or...
View Article“My new bedroom was an old kitchen.” By Julia on her couch
Saturday February 15, 2020 7:09pm 5 minutes Waxy Camilla Grudova If you count the summers we went strawberry picking and made milkshakes you could say we had a nice childhood. If you count the times we...
View Article“Caley pushed her sandy brown hair” by Julia in the fishbowl
Tuesday, February 18, 2020 3:37pm 5 minutes A Private Wild Laurel Nakanishi Ever since Magda told her that if she swallowed too much of her hair it would form a big ugly glob in her stomach that would...
View Article“having petals more or less united” by Julia at the desk
Saturday May 30, 2020 8:23pm 5 minutes Flower Finder May Theilgaard My mother and father never disagreed in front of us They never would have gone over the other’s head and we tried to be sneaky as if...
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