Mary Karr

“Ninety Percent of What’s Wrong with You Could Be Cured with a Hot Bath.”

“It May Look Like I’m Surrounded, But I’m Surrounded by You.”

1. Today is Good Friday, which means, if ever there were a time to consider […]

Another glimpse into the Faith & Doubt Issue of our magazine, which you can order […]

If you get déjà vu scanning this list, it would be no surprise…you may have […]

1. This week let’s start with a beautiful, seasonal reflection from B.D. McClay at Commonweal. […]

Another wonderful poem from Mary Karr’s newest collection Tropic of Squalor: Lord, I Was Faithless […]

From Tropic of Squalor, the latest collection of poems by former Mockingbird conference speaker Mary Karr. […]

I spent the better part of my 20s working with teenagers in one form or […]

I love being a mom. Motherhood, however, has also savagely birthed a hideous new version […]

For magic to come through in the performance of a tightrope dancer, he or she […]