“Diamond District” and “Sleeping” from Katharine Weber’s collection, Jane of Hearts and Other Stories

“Let the stone tell you what it wants to be and allow it to become that thing,” the old man whispered. Isabel peered through the loupe and bent over her grandfather’s work table. Continue reading →

A Shirtwaist Story: Why We Are Still Angry

by Lisa Peet

What is it about an event like the Triangle fire—so small in the context of today’s numbers—that still keeps its memory so close to the surface of our national anger? Was the world simply a smaller place then? Continue reading →