Love lockdown
Despite the graffiti and the locks, Ponte Milvio itself seemed no worse for wear. If Garibaldi couldn’t destroy it, then how could something as innocent as love?
Tag Archives: Essays
Journeys in Literature: Alice Munro’s Dance of the Happy Shades
Like Alice Munro, my grandmother came from small-town Ontario, and my memories chime with Munro’s tales of passionate girls and women with stifled passions
The film that makes me cry: Wild with Reese Witherspoon
I was worried that Reese Witherspoon’s desert odyssey would be mawkish – but with sarcasm and shared history, it punched me in the gut
‘Please excuse the salty language’ – a cancer diary
For four years, Derek K Miller chronicled his battle with cancer – moments of optimism, setbacks and, ultimately, death. This posthumous essay shares his story
Craille Maguire Gillies 