He lived in a 20-by-20 foot studio apartment for fifteen years. He washed his clothing in the sink, and the hallway reeked of his bathroom... The post Bob’s Keys the the Kingdom by Alexandria P...
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When they announced Bev's name, I think I half expected Drew Barrymore to walk out onto the stage. I had just watched Riding in Cars with Boys only weeks earlier and, despite having read the book...
https://hippocampusmagazine.com/2011/10/interview-beverly-donofrio-memoirst/
... So ran the 1988 TV commercial for Time-Life Books’ Mysteries of the Unknown series—something I always associate with my first time. I was 9. And by “first time”, of course, I mean the...
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The boxes are sitting on my Seattle steps, bright white against the dark, mildew-stained stairs. I heft them up; they’re surprisingly heavy. I elbow my way inside the front door and drop them o...
https://hippocampusmagazine.com/2011/10/flat-rate-archives-by-mary-colleen-jenkins/
Everyone can get involved with Hippocampus Magazine with {prompts}! Each month, we’ll post a new creative nonfiction prompt, inspired by a real-life event. Fact is stranger than fiction–if we...
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I piled everything into a boxy folding cart, the kind only New Yorkers use because we don’t have cars to haul junk in, and pushed it to Goodwill, around the corner on Second Avenue. It was my s...
Insider Tips is a recurring series in which members of our reading panel and editorial staff share advice about submitting to Hippocampus Magazine. Each Insider Tips Q & A column reflects the opi...
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I was gazing out at Provincetown Bay through the enormous picture window in Norman Mailer’s home. Betty Friedan’s classic analysis, The Feminine Mystique, sat open on my lap. Jessica, an admi...
When I arrived at the Army Induction Center in 1954, I was required to fill out a form so that my dog tags could be punched out. Among the information to be included, beyond name and serial numbe...
https://hippocampusmagazine.com/2011/10/how-i-got-to-be-none-of-the-above-by-alvin-burstein/
"Wake up! Wake up, little Amalia! Wake up, my daughter! We must go, we must go and turn your father in, he's poisoning me and his stinky family is in cahoots!" The Mother pulls the covers off her...