Non Fiction Archives - Two Hawks Quarterly

Biography for Mother’s Family Photos by Mishon A. Wooldridge

aulapress — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 23:30:01 +0000

I need a camera, to my eye, to my eye, reminding which lies I’ve been hiding -Wilco, “Kamera” There is profuse proof of my existence after age 10. My photographic life begins awkward, barely pre-teen. Band concerts, summer camping, middle-school portraits of me with braces, family pets, all chronologically ordered into albums; a ... Read more

The post Biography for Mother’s Family Photos by Mishon A. Wooldridge appeared first on Two Hawks Quarterly.

JC Jaress: Three Immeasurables

aulapress — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:30:39 +0000

Three Immesurables *** The boy grips and re-grips the bat. He cannot remember if he is any good at baseball. He remembers playing in a summer league when he was eight- or nine-years old. He played centerfield, which, at eight or nine, is the equivalent of saying “Please stand over there so you don’t get ... Read more

The post JC Jaress: Three Immeasurables appeared first on Two Hawks Quarterly.

Deborah A. Lott: A Family Dictionary

aulapress — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 22:21:46 +0000

A FAMILY DICTIONARY* Selected Definitions, with Annotations * Every family, though it may appear to speak the language common to the culture in which it resides, develops an idiosyncratic vernacular of its own. Stuffy (adj) Definition 1. describing an atmosphere that lacks the free flow of air; stagnant. May be marked by an odor, usually ... Read more

The post Deborah A. Lott: A Family Dictionary appeared first on Two Hawks Quarterly.

Adelaide: Alistair McCartney

aulapress — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 18:23:18 +0000

“Adelaide” is an entry from The End of The World Book by Alistair McCartney, an encyclopedia of stories and memories and obsessions, forthcoming from The University of Wisconsin Press, March 08. A ADELAIDE For a long time now, Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia, has been known as the city of churches. The ratio ... Read more

The post Adelaide: Alistair McCartney appeared first on Two Hawks Quarterly.

April Fitzsimmons: Cartwheel Soccer

aulapress — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:19:58 +0000

Cartwheel Soccer After he dumped me, driving away from Los Angeles was like yanking my hand away from a hot skillet. I climbed up the I-5 through the grapevine and past the sign for Andersen’s Pea Soup. I’d always wanted to try that soup, but there was no more time for lollygagging through the countryside. ... Read more

The post April Fitzsimmons: Cartwheel Soccer appeared first on Two Hawks Quarterly.