Apr 28, 2022 | Creative Non-Fiction
Page 1 It’s middle school, and you’re the Smart Kid ™ – a big fish in your tiny Catholic school pond. You didn’t do anything in particular to gain this title, it just sort of happened that way. You go to Mass every Sunday because in your family, it isn’t optional....
Apr 28, 2022 | Creative Non-Fiction
Sitting in class should be easy enough; even if the teacher’s tumbling over words with caffeine-sprung jitters or it’s winter and a snow day prayer is lining everyone’s lips. Under a light blanket of December’s pale finest, with a low drone of heat billowing somewhere...
Apr 22, 2022 | Blog, Creative Non-Fiction
Leading up to the launch of KLIO 2022 at the end of April, this week we’re releasing a few previews of the creative pieces we’ve selected for this year’s edition. Last up this week is a sampling of the NONFICTION selections we plan to spotlight, this one from...
Apr 30, 2021 | Creative Non-Fiction
By Jordan Liverant Whenever I have a hard day and find myself feeling down, I always like to look out my window. You can see so much through a window. You can see the cars drive by, even at hours that most people would be sleeping. You can see people walking down the...
Apr 30, 2021 | Creative Non-Fiction
by Ashley Ustazewski <<At the request of the one of the characters in the story, this story has been redacted to maintain privacy. If you wish to read the original story, you can reach out to Ashley Ustazewski for a copy.>> Ashley Ustazewski is a junior...
Apr 30, 2021 | Creative Non-Fiction
by Aliyah Rios My grandmother stands over the stove, her freshly painted nails stirring a pot full of white rice. Her floral t-shirt and khaki shorts are snug against her frame as her feet make sharp steps on the hardwood floor, her body leaning with each footstep. I...