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In this week's Short Reads, by Krista Lee Hanson, heroic things moms do for their kids. short-reads.org/orb-weaver-spi…


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Read IALA member Laura Rink's piece "Geraniums" published in @ShortReadsOrg and discover how a flower blooms into a personal history. 🌺 💬 Check it out: short-reads.org/geraniums/


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Another @ShortReadsOrg gem this week! Good morning to Ollie and Ollie only. short-reads.org/neighborhood-o…


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Today’s Short Read landed just the way we like it: with a beautiful punch in the gut. Read “What Are You?” by Sammi LaBue (@latenitepoetry) via @ShortReadsOrg at short-reads.org/what-are-you/


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Who knew an essay about Flamin' Hot Cheetos could be such a heartwarming delight! @ShortReadsOrg short-reads.org/hot-chips/


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"I can’t tell you why my brother and I no longer talk." Great flash essay by Darien Hsu Gee (@dariengee) via @ShortReadsOrg. (Loved seeing Darien Hsu Gee in an AWP panel recently.) short-reads.org/artifact/


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@ShortReadsOrg has been kind enough to drag me back out into the light. Thanks for giving this little birthday remembrance some love. short-reads.org/celebration-50…

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Celebration #50: August 2010

by Barry Maxwell | A birthday toast.


In this week's Short Reads, Jeanette Mrozinski (@JeanetteMroz) finds hope in a very unlikely place, and maybe we all can, too. short-reads.org/literally-any/


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for now, she is Margot until she presents her passport at the border, when she will become someone else, though only for a moment, because she has been, always will be, Margot powerful essay about hope by @JeanetteMroz @ShortReadsOrg short-reads.org/literally-any


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I've returned to this @ShortReadsOrg piece by Brenda Miller for three Passovers now, making it a yearly tradition of sorts. "Elijah" gives me a bit of everything--grief, faith, hope, and inspiration--and I am so grateful for it. 🙏💙 short-reads.org/elijah/


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I love this flash essay by Casey Mulligan Walsh (@CMulliganWalsh) via @ShortReadsOrg (& originally published in @splitlipthemag). short-reads.org/still/


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I had no idea when I wrote this piece, "Still," about the death of my beautiful son that it would live forever (or what seems like it). So now Eric and his big energy, his light, live on too. 🩷 Thanks so much to Short Reads for giving it another round. short-reads.org/tag/casey-mull…


"I’ve been trying to remind myself lately that we are all human: plumbers, street fighters, kidnapped princesses." Sarah Carson goes on a quest in today's Short Reads: short-reads.org/an-open-letter…


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#FlashFriday Today we recommend, “Dig” by Lori McDole found on @ShortReadsOrg! The captivating imagery, bits of alliteration and urgency in this piece completely suck you into the narrator’s world. Definitely give it a read!! short-reads.org/dig/


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This little flash ran in @ShortReadsOrg this year and is my favorite thing I’ve ever written: short-reads.org/haunted/


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Great flash essay by Montserrat Andrée Carty (@montse82) via @ShortReadsOrg. short-reads.org/would-have-bee…


"I think about how all of us hurtle headlong into the unknown as we let go—and let others go." Today's Short Reads, by Anne Visser Ney (@NeyVisser), finds a moment of sweetness in the midst of worry and grief. short-reads.org/of-peas-and-po…


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The wonderful folks at @ShortReadsOrg were generous enough to share my flash essay “Faster,” originally published in Foglifter Journal! short-reads.org/faster/

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by Jackie Domenus | Love at 35 mph.


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This story hits like liquor, stays with you

“Where you from, young man?” he asked, wrapping his arm around my neck to pull me closer. ... Today's Short Read, by Robert Yune (@robertyune): a bar story. short-reads.org/the-thirty-eig…



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