Tag: recovery

As the Lord Hangs Around Her Neck by Lauren Barbato

By Lauren Barbato | FCC 2025, Fiction, Excerpt | December 12, 2025

Color image of a weathered statue of the Virgin Mary with a backdrop of stylized crosses and autumn trees in the distance; title card for the 2025 FCC 2nd place excerpt, "As the Lord Hangs Around Her Neck" by Lauren Barbato.

Notes on This Manuscript The following manuscript, printed here for the first time, came to light on the eve of November 4, 2024. While on a self-directed silent retreat at the Riverdale Center in the Hudson Valley, a Franciscan sister…

Interview: Shayne Terry

By Guest Author | Interviews, Craft | July 25, 2025

Image is the book cover for the interview for "Leave: A Postpartum Account" by Shayne Terry. Title card for the new interview with Shayne Terry.

On an early spring day in Flatbush, I sat down with my friend and neighbor, Shayne Terry. Our five-year-olds went out with their fathers while we talked about Terry’s debut book, Leave: A Postpartum Account, which came out this…