I catalog beauty, collect it like stones in a river gathered together, letting the rush of water smooth their course edges. I hope the...

I followed the back of your white t-shirt through the Old City that afternoon in early November, past ancient tunnels of brick and stone,...

There’s a ghost that lives in the medicine cabinet. He’s not too obvious, of course, but he is mean. You’ll find a pinprick of blood...

Fourteen authors from our 19th Amendment Centennial Issue to celebrate Black women writers read their work during our virtual reading on...

The Best of the Net Anthology by Sundress Publications is the only literary anthology to honor stories, essays, and poems originally...

Books, from a very young age, have been a safe haven for me. One that immerses me in an alternative reality and makes me forget about...

Poet Suzanne S. Austin-Hill reflects on what our books reveal about us. Read her poem "The Lady in the Pictures" in 805's special issue...

Like most book lovers, I have many collections on my shelves. But one of my favorite collections has to be my pop-up books.

Welcome to our home library! I grew up in a home filled with books and reading. My mom read many books to my sister and I such as Finn...

The warm scarlet light of late evening slants into the living room through the blinds. Warm Arizona sunset paints the tall bookshelf of dark

Stuck inside our houses, avoiding plagues, virus vectors, like we would hide from a storm that lasts forever, a storm of human breaths.

A friend said Hope this pandemic Inspires you to create some poetry.

Tiffany Grimm is a library assistant with Manatee Libraries. New to Florida, she's enjoying the sun, lizards, and books.

Once upon a time, roughly 80 years ago, a man named John Ronald Reuel Tolkien published a book titled The Hobbit. It achieved critical accla

I’ve created monsters of us both. In him, it has been a boundless expression of exceptional critical thinking skills. For myself, it flouris

Laurette Folk's second novel, The End of Aphrodite, was published by Bordighera Press in April 2020. This beautifully written novel...

Last July, when I moved my whole life to Florida in my little turquoise Honda Fit, it became very clear that I would have to make drastic cu

As with many fellow librarians, I have a wonderful collection of antique books, some gathered from flea market finds or book sales.

What do you do when your building blocks of comfort are out of reach? What do you do when your favorite literature is boxed up?

These albums are but a small part of me, but ones I have no doubt I will continue to press play on during times of uncertainty...