Persephone's Stories
Suzanne Uttaro SamuelsEssays on women, myth, Sicily, motherhood, and the histories that refuse to stay buried.
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| Issues | 108 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 12 days ago |
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I Didn’t Know Where I Stood Until I Moved Away
Photograph by Karim Sharif
The kitchen of our small cottage was filled to nearly overflowing—six or seven of us crowded at the counter or the stove, three crockpots full of chili cooking away.
“What time is it?” one of us asked.
Another...
What Does Freedom Mean If You Have to Leave?
A mother comes to Rosina Inglese, the protagonist of my forthcoming novel The Orphans’ Wheel, with a request: make her son younger on paper so he won’t be drafted into the Italian army.
It’s 1893, and the economic situation in Sicily is di...
What She Offered
I turned down 70th Street toward the river. I didn’t need to look up. I had passed beneath that arched doorway dozens of times, HELMSLEY MEDICAL TOWER engraved above it.
I glanced at my watch. I had arrived with time to spare for my preope...
I Keep Dreaming of Airports
I keep dreaming of airports.
Photo by J. Brouwer on Unsplash
In the dreams I remember, I’m lost. I can’t find my gate or am blocked from getting there. Sometimes, I go outside to try to find my way back. I never do.
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What Happens When History Breaks Its Promise?
I’m knee-deep in a rewrite of my historical novel, The Orphans’ Wheel, set in Sicily during the turbulent wars of independence. For the next five weeks, I’ll share one question from my drafting notebook—and show how a historical novel chang...
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I write about the lives we thought we’d lead—and what happens instead. Personal essays and history on family, belonging, and making a life of our own. Author of Seeds of the Pomegranate and the forthcoming The Orphans’ Wheel.
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