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“Don’t Rattle Granny’s Bones” in Porridge

August 31 | 2026

I’m delighted to announce the publication of my essay “Don’t Rattle Granny’s Bones” in the UK magazine Porridge. As…  more ›

“It’s Almost Valentine’s Day” in Panorama

December 4 | 2025

I take great pleasure in sharing the link to my essay “It’s Almost Valentine’s Day,” just published in the…  more ›

“Myself”—The Story of a Summer Vacation

August 21 | 2024

Summer and water, they’re inseparable—essentials of the July or August beach holiday. The allure of a motorboat promising adventure…  more ›

“Flourish and Decay” in The Ekphrastic Review

April 4 | 2024

As many of you will be aware, ekphrasis refers to literary writing inspired by visual art. I’m delighted to share the…  more ›

Shell and Feather—songbirds in the line of fire

January 24 | 2024

Walking on eggshells … We all know the idiom—and how an egg, near synonymous with fragility, isn’t made to…  more ›

The Smallest Objective—a 2nd edition

October 11 | 2023

For the e-readers among you, I’m excited to announce that my award-winning memoir and family history is now available…  more ›

A new short story in The Razor!

May 1 | 2023

May Day, a celebration of spring, marks the appearance in The Razor of my short story “How a Tall Man Sat…  more ›

In the forests of Lithuania—my grandfather’s formative years

April 10 | 2023

I’m delighted to announce today’s publication in Terrain magazine of my illustrated essay “Its Petrified Imprint”: <https://www.terrain.org/2023/nonfiction/its-petrified-imprint/> The essay details my…  more ›

Artists in situ—Russell Hoban, Francis Bacon

March 17 | 2023

I was lucky enough recently to visit Dublin, including the reconstructed studio of maverick painter Francis Bacon. When Bacon…  more ›

The Language of Flowers

February 1 | 2023

February in the Northern Hemisphere is a chill month, brittle and unripe. Yet it’s also by way of Valentine’s…  more ›

© 2026 Sharon Kirsch.