Literature

Imagine spending your entire life working at the highest level to build and strengthen a country. Then, imagine, after your death, being vilified and...

The summer I realised my dreams were not just in my own imagination but his too was the summer of 77. It was hot...

Jess March’s real name is Jessica May. When I met her she introduced herself as Jess March but I saw on her intake form...

The Cape Coast Castle in Ghana. Image by The White House Photostream. This file is a work of an employee of the Executive Office of...

How much power does art have? Can an inanimate collection of papers control the destiny of humans, even after its author has perished from...

My Dearest Pericles, Though it has been over four hundred years since your large helmeted head was laid to rest, I feel that I must...

Photo by Marie-Lan Nguyen of the bust of Emperor Claudius at Naples National Archeological Museum, distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic license. Did this really happen?...

I didn’t know how she found me. I didn’t know why she was out that late, Sullivan was known for keeping his family and...

I still needed numbers, I still needed to do my job, but with freedom, doing mundane tasks became impossible. It became hard to remember...

International entrepreneur Pat Culliney flew high as the wealthy owner of Universe Electronics. Then, teen lovers found Pat drowned in his Jaguar coupe, submerged...

i dreamt you came back home -  rain drizzling on a lonesome day, and  the clouds veined gray, laced white, and smoke and water. you tipped your...

The Lottery by Luce T. Spade  The “illegal lotteries” sounds bad, mostly because of the word “illegal”, but at their root, I don’t think the...

Only once a year, when the moon turns green, you can see the sky turn purple. the flames frozen in the water. the heavy air of...

Written by C. Froegher, a student at Bard College. This piece tied Froegher for first place in the First GoldPundit Media Writing Competition. Don't cry,...