Citizenship | Literature
Select novels, short stories, and nonfiction on contemporary life.
What began as a bold experiment in grassroots service produced future ambassadors to help guide U.S. diplomacy through seven decades of global upheaval.
Read, Listen, Watch
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I picked a parcel with care and opened it to find a handsome cutting board crafted of wood felled in a New Hampshire forest. I aimed to keep the item and held it close to my chest.
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It surprised me to learn that talking about writing might be a remedy for stagnating creativity
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Far from loathsome, I found magic in the chill, and the magic felt transformative, wakeful.
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His routine lasted ninety minutes and he seemed glad to do it.
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when I show up at the Silver Diner or the Union or Founding Farmers, the cook better be ready with some ground beef to sizzle on the outside and toss on a bun.
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Surrounded by reality, I had to accept that it didn’t matter what the mirror said about the objects on the road. I just had to make my way home.
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I ventured out this morning, the most dangerous shopping day of the year. The sun shot through the ice-frosted windshield, blinding me against my destination. I pulled over and blasted the defroster, a hurricane of sound shattering the silence. Sight restored, I started off again, only to be held against my will at a traffic…
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Well, race day is here and I can finally stop obsessing about this. For at least ten days I’ve watched cold trade with rain for which element would cause the most pain at today’s Manchester Road Race. Last week we were looking at a dry low thirties and I commented, That’s better than a wet…
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The song stirred an intuition in me, nothing I could articulate but no less fixed and definite. Pride. My country was special. I felt blessed to be part of a country that inspired hope in people from all over.
Ben East Books 