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brevity a journal of concise literary nonfiction brevity the journal devoted exclusively to the concise literary nonfiction home current past craft essays blog about submit subscribe teaching resources donate current issue issue 82 spring 2026 nonfiction the tide by hea ream lee i am on a precious 15 minute break from teaching a summer writing course to incoming college freshmen the students have mostly dispersed from the basement classroom i ve been assigned quick to escape to the stairwell to huddle in small groups and giggle and flirt with each other to zone out current issue issue 82 spring 2026 nonfiction the name they gave me by angela edward my name is dixin pronounced disin the way my mother whispered it when she was tired the way my grandmother said it when she wanted me to eat more the way i heard it inside my own head when i still believed i belonged somewhere with certainty current issue issue 82 spring 2026 nonfiction kneading by erin wood the first time two nurses in the neonatal intensive care unit place her weightless body on my chest so i can hold her skin to skin she sticks to me like a hand kneading dough that begs for flour i sit in a rocking chair but brace against movement against current issue issue 82 spring 2026 nonfiction zero by t c martin today i am thinking that to be fat is to retain a vexing relationship with the number zero this thought arrives with an egg in my hand i am preparing an omelette and contemplating the mathematical representation of nothing which at certain angles resembles the contour of the egg i current issue issue 82 spring 2026 nonfiction here for you by ann macdonald the radiation oncologist holds up a piece of paper that looks like something used for target practice black outline of a human figure faceless gender neutral you and your father watch as she points to a clump of black squiggles drawn across the figure s pelvis this is the area we current issue issue 82 spring 2026 nonfiction jizo by brenda miller it s national pregnancy and infant loss remembrance day but i don t yet know this as i wander up a side street in nozawa onsen a bit bedraggled in my yukata and short jacket i ve left our inn with no clear destination just want to be outside in the clear autumn current issue issue 82 spring 2026 nonfiction inventory for some kind of fairy tale by noel thistle tague solstice late june green rains the gardens hum who would die when the days are so long yet my grandmother lies in a hospital room drifting toward death on dark waters current issue issue 82 spring 2026 nonfiction why i can t stop watching women s basketball by emily w blacker because biceps and quads and shoulders for days because lit women hungry women growling look at me fast breaking behind the back passing three point shooting 28 feet out swoosh women chest crashing blood spitting skull cracking and play on women women who own ball court confidence six plus feet of bone and plasma and muscle and ass kicking own swagger own fans own media own current issue issue 82 spring 2026 nonfiction periwound by sara daniels wildfire smoke drifts over the hills and erases the farther shore i m waking cold from the same purple dream it involves the edge of a dark cliff it involves deep water recently my sister has claimed avoidance as a cure for any ailment my friend s summer fling buys her a current issue issue 82 spring 2026 nonfiction a lexicon of palestinian boyhood by l f khouri 1 saf literal classroom lived a stage for fear laughter rumors and miracles all within the same forty minutes a place where windows were watched more carefully than teachers in case the sound arrived current issue issue 82 spring 2026 nonfiction the neighbor by karissa nevada i am afraid to leave my apartment which is strange because a man died here he died on the sidewalk below my balcony actually what i ve come to refer to as bloodsand was the only change the next day no yellow crime tape only orange soaked sand swept up to the current issue issue 82 spring 2026 nonfiction bad apple by michael singleton i 10 into houston on a monday morning and traffic doesn t stop so much as give up just lies down and dies like a tired old horse sixty five to zero in a blink brake lights stacking up until the whole interstate looks like a busted christmas parade my cb comes alive latest issue issue 82 spring 2026 may 1 2026 issue 82 features essays by angela edward ann macdonald brenda miller emily w blacker erin wood hea ream lee karissa nevada l f khouri michael singleton noel thistle tague sara daniels and t c martin teaching with brevity may 1 2026 our teaching resources section found in our top menu offers a powerful collection of resources for writers and teachers of literary nonfiction including prompts craft essays subject and craft element indexes teaching tools and much more the brevity blog turning your messy writing process into a valuable tool buying the dream how 10k of self promotion got me traditionally published an 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