Prose

Frederick Zackel, Naomi Now Loves Strawberries
"Strawberries," Naomi told me. "That's how you measure true success in this life."

Elisha Porat, The Silent Lieutenant
I was both tired and thrilled to be on my first leave since the fighting began.

Joy Kaplan, excerpt from The New York Boyfriends
The portrait shows my grandmother wrapped in a tube of white silk, like a fluted votive candle.