This post is part of 805's “My Home Library” series that features writers and artists enjoying their home libraries during the pandemic...

Once upon a time, a long time ago, there was a lovely, young queen with black locks who lived high up in a castle with an angry,...

Shanti rolls the loose end of the sari and ties it tightly around her waist. She sits down on the inverted tin and dusts the stone on...

Books can be many things to many people and can take on many forms, both metaphorically and quite literally. They come in hardbacks and pape

If your pain could speak to you, it would say "leave me" You've been taking me all along Carrying the ache in your hands. Halt your steps...

This post is part of 805's “My Home Library” series that features writers and artists enjoying their home libraries during the pandemic...

In my bitter sixteens I tasted like sweet, succulent blackberries. As dark as I presented myself, my skin oozed red sap onto anyone with...

This post is part of 805's “My Home Library” series that features writers and artists enjoying their home libraries during the pandemic...

A favorite pastime of Manzhoulians is to collect broken and discarded items. Homes are often decorated with the unwanted and it is not...

According to Dr. Seuss, the author of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that

My great-grandfather was a bookie. This is true. He worked a corner in downtown Los Angeles back in the 30s and 40s, running a newspaper...

This post by 805 contributor Suzanne S. Austin-Hill is part of our“My Home Library” series that features writers and artists enjoying...

As we sit on the couch, I look out at the gray sky. It’s almost charcoal, with lighter strokes here and there. I hear the thunder growl,...

Ann Liska's personal book collection becomes a sort of community library for her friends and family as she helps them connect with books...

There’s a clearing by the waterfall where the trees don’t stand because they’re afraid to be alone. They huddle together like freshmen on...

Tell me who raised you again, dusted dirt off your saffron-soured bones? After your resurrection, you smelled of peat moss, dirty socks,...

Kate MacDonald's poem traces her books with publications spanning centuries. This post is part of 805's “My Home Library” series that...

Jacqueline Parker cherishes her eclectic collection of books and literary magazines. This post is part of 805's “My Home Library” series...

The earth was shaking and the picture frames were falling and the car horns were honking and my breath caught. The short piece "Ne Plus...

We're proud to announce that 805 writer Vivian McInerny's first picture book, The Whole Hole Story, was published January 12, 2021 by an...