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Category: All About Love

Real short stories from the heart

All About Love

No Way Out

August 5, 2021August 7, 2021 Vanessa Able

BY GILLIAN WILLS Wolfie the spirited lurcher brings his own brand of unbridled love home to a woman in a complex relationship.

Tagged love, professor, relationship, simulacra, student, Teacher, television, thirtysomething, transferenceLeave a comment
Garysomething
All About Love

I Am Not Garysomething

June 10, 2021June 10, 2021 Vanessa Able

BY SCOTT D. VANDER PLOEG When a popular TV show killed off its loved professor, a real-life teacher paused to consider the implications of what it means to share in the student-teacher bond.

Tagged love, professor, relationship, simulacra, student, Teacher, television, thirtysomething, transferenceLeave a comment
Sanctuary - Kent Jacobson
All About Love

Sanctuary

May 20, 2021May 20, 2021 Vanessa Able

BY KENT JACOBSON A baseball field was a sanctuary for a small community of boys who were surrounded by angry fathers they were too young to understand.

Tagged baseball, childhood, community, friendship, memory, sanctuary, Violence2 Comments
All About Love

This Might Seem Stupid

May 6, 2021May 6, 2021 Vanessa Able

BY NOAH LASHLY A potential relationship with a cute barista hinges on whether or not I can find a candle at Target that can accurately confirm my identity.

Tagged candles, Humor, Identity, love, self-worth2 Comments
All About Love

When I Run Out of Murakami

April 22, 2021May 6, 2021 Vanessa Able

BY CHRIS KING When romantic love falls apart, literary love keeps a bibliophile going. Lovers come and go but Murakami is always there, waiting on the shelf.

Tagged Literature, love, reading, tribute1 Comment
All About Love

Three-Pack as Another Name for Beauty

March 18, 2021March 18, 2021 Vanessa Able

BY JOCELYN ULEVICUS An errand for her dying mother takes a daughter shopping for underwear.

Tagged Children, Death, hospital, love, mother, parenthood1 Comment
Lora and Jack
All About Love

Lora and Jack

March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 Vanessa Able

BY DANIEL OLIVIERI An acid trip with two friends at college brings about an unexpected revelation.

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Letters to my Unborn Daughter
All About Love

Letters to My Unborn Daughter

December 8, 2020December 7, 2020 Vanessa Able

BY KATHERINE LEE A woman unpacks the meaning of motherhood in a series of letters to her unborn and unnamed daughter.

Tagged Children, hope, love, motherhood, parenthoodLeave a comment
Gin and Coconut Curry
All About Love

Gin and Coconut Curry

November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 Vanessa Able

BY CHAPIN CIMINO What stays with us over the decades: Navigating the grey mists of love and affection by the quirky light of a college friendship.

Tagged desire, friendship, love, passion, relationship5 Comments
A Terrible Assistant Manager
All About Love

A Terrible Assistant Manager

November 10, 2020November 10, 2020 Vanessa Able

BY ELAINA EROLA A new assistant manager at RadioShack discovers that unbridled passion and a work promotion don't fit well together.

Tagged desire, love, passion, relationship2 Comments

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- BOOK BITS -

  • Don’t Waste Suffering: Ramiro López Larroy on Opening the Doors of Liberation
    How can we use the things that give us difficulty in our lives to learn and grow, rather than avoiding them, or trying to push them away?
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  • Thich Nhat Hanh
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    Rather than signifying a lack or a void, Thich Nhat Hanh took emptiness to be a state of inextricable and fundamental interconnectedness.
  • Mike Travisano – Bob’s Tattoos
    A short story on the power of three simple words and how much they can mean and embody.
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  • Bob Rama – Ascetic Aesthetics
    Translator and poet Bob Rama shines a little candlelight on ascetic renunciation in his pleasingly-titled poem "Ascetic Aesthetics".
  • Emily Tong – Girlhood Ghazal
    Using the ancient poetic form of the ghazal, Asian-American poet Emily Tong searches for home in her "Girlhood Ghazal".
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