Liz Kellebrew – Writers Resist

Between the River and the Rock

By Editor| 2019-02-18T19:24:16-08:00 February 21st, 2019|Categories: Issue 81: 21 February 2019|Tags: Liz Kellebrew, Narrative nonfiction, Standing Rock, Trail of Tears, The Great Plains, Cat Calhoun photographer|

By Liz Kellebrew We were born to this place, to the broad bowl of the sky and the rolling fields of the plains, to the buffalo and wild horses, to the clouds and tall grass. We tore strips of lightning from our sides, and our ribs spread out like the wings of eagles. This is [...]

Flood, Fire, Mountain

By Editor| 2017-02-23T21:41:44-08:00 December 8th, 2016|Categories: Issue 2: 8 Dec 2016|Tags: Liz Kellebrew, Poetry|

By Liz Kellebrew Flood That morning I climbed out of bed and watched my neighbors. They rowed away in a boat launched from their porch. When I went downstairs, water bubbled under the carpet like boils. My Christmas tree lay on its side. No one bothered to knock on my door. Fire “Don’t shoot,” he said. [...]