by admin | May 15, 2019 | Personal Essays
“What to Do With a Man Who Has a Story, and a Gun,” by Lisa Romeo in Longreads, in which a young woman in her first serious relationship grapples with whether she can be with a man who always has a gun nearby. by admin | May 15, 2019 | Personal Essays
“What a Bullet Can Do,” by Sue Repko in Hazlitt, in which the writer relates the story of an unintentional shooting from her childhood and the various works of literature that helped her put it into context later in... by admin | May 15, 2019 | Personal Essays
“The Gun Show,” by Sue Repko in The Southeast Review, in which the author goes to a gun show for the first time, seeking to better understand her gunsmith father. by admin | May 15, 2019 | Personal Essays
“Standoff,” by Sue Repko in Aquifer: The Florida Review Online, in which the writer tries to imagine what’s going through the mind of the man keeping the police at bay. by admin | May 15, 2019 | Personal Essays
“Gun-Sitting,” by Sue Repko in Hippocampus, where the writer is teaching a group of 7th graders in her hometown. A casual comment by a student sends her back to an unintentional shooting and the gun culture of her youth. This piece considers safe storage and parental...