Non-Fiction



The Alchemy of Music: Answers from the Great Beyond
Bruce Farrell Rosen stumbles on his deceased mother’s prized music collection, and in the listening, she comes back to him.

The Alchemy of Music: Answers from the Great Beyond
Bruce Farrell Rosen stumbles on his deceased mother’s prized music collection, and in the listening, she comes back to him.

The Village at the End of the World (Column)
By Leah Eichler, I just finished the searing book of short stories by Mikołaj Grynberg called “I’d Like to Say Sorry, but There’s No One

Buffalo Gals
By Rita Jane Gabbett, In 1962, we lived in the country and my mom didn’t drive, which made for precious few shots at community service.

What Would Jane Austen Do? (Advice)
Dear Jane, I’m planning a trip with my significant other and we have very different travel styles. I love to relax and take it slow,

The Radiant Body
By Oksana Marafioti, (An excerpt from “All Of Us Fragile And Brave”) Lina and I boarded our bus in Prague and arrived in Brno, where

Storage Space
By Heidi Fisher, My parents’ house is bigger than mine. It is cleaner, better organized, certainly quieter. Retired, my mom has no shortage of time

Al Gofa Interview: Transcending Genres
By Jean Marc Ah-Sen. Montreal-based comics artist Al Gofa has built a career testing out creative ways to mix genres. In his debut graphic novel

Does “Death of an Author” spell the Death of Authors?
By Leah Eichler, James Ledbetter, the executive editor at the Observer, whom I had the pleasure of working with several years ago at Reuters, revealed

Gordon Lightfoot’s Music Was The Soundtrack to My Life
By Bruce Farrell Rosen, He had opened the show that night of June 9, 1978 at the Santa Barbara County Bowl with the words to

What Would Jane Austen Do?
In today’s column, Jane tackles the food obsessed and the case of the sperm donor brother. Have a question for Jane? Email it to editor@esotericamag.com.
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