Friday Lunch Blog
Dig in every month as our Lunch Ticket staff brings you thought-provoking personal essays and nonfiction stories in our Friday Lunch Blog. From stories about grief and loss, to tales of growing up and overcoming challenges, to celebratory pieces about love and family, these stories are shared every second Friday of the month. With these blogs, we aim to give you a glimpse into Lunch Ticket and the values we stand by for this literary publication, to empower writers and readers with the knowledge and skills to lead meaningful lives and to advance social, economic, and environmental justice. We hope you enjoy!
Rain Clouds and Cherry Trees
Vicki Miller
The crowd presses around me. Hands reach up and out. Sticks hover…
Why I Write About Whiteness
Meredith Arena
There was a time in my life when I entertained the idea of saying…
Storytelling Lives: Just Keep Flying
Emma Margraf
Something has been missing. I’ve been looking for it since…
My Lover is Killing Me: Trauma and Writing
Emily Eveland
I lost my mind again. I lose it frequently,…
Middle School is for Monsters
Melissa Benton Barker
all names and identifying data have been changed to protect privacy My…
The Wishful Dread of a Career in Art
Nathan Elias
I used to ghostwrite erotica novels. It was lucrative and…
Americans: Seeing Ourselves Through Growing Darkness
Meredith Arena
We all seemed small in the shadow cast by the Los Angeles Federal…
Notes from the Daughter of a True Believer
Melissa Benton Barker
The many voices are taking over the mono-voice. For fuck’s…
The Cone of Uncertainty
Katelyn Keating
Felt the lightning / And we waited on the thunder / Waited on…
No Other Loss Can Occur So Quietly
Levi Rogers
I used to pray a God was listening I used to make my parents…
Best of the Net 2016 nominations
Arielle Silver
Lunch Ticket is honored and proud to nominate the following…
On Apples, Walnuts, and G. K. Chesterton
Angela Bullock
This month I am struggling with my writing. I may be falling…
Making Art from the Everyday
Levi Rogers
When I was sixteen I read a Christian men’s book called Wild…
Now More Than Ever, Kendrick Lamar and Beyoncé
Levi Rogers
(What the white man say?) A piece of mine's That's what the…
It’s All Uphill (Unless It’s Downhill) From Here
Rochelle Newman-Carrasco
When I graduated from University of California, Irvine in 1980,…
The Antioch Review: Our Response
Arielle Silver
Dear Lunch Ticket readers, The literary community has circulated…
At the Junction of History and Fiction: A Family Reunion
Diana Odasso
Last summer, my brother and I met a first cousin for the…