brenda birenbauminThe Mad RiverA story with no flotation deviceI’m in a box. It’s a black box and I’m in it. It’s a square black box, and a noisy one at that. I know it’s a square box because all the…4 min read·Mar 10, 2024--1--1
brenda birenbauminThe Mad RiverA Story Nobody Reads“How much longer to lug my body around?” your brain asks, or is it the mind on a warpath with the body. You’re tired of being hungry, tired…5 min read·Nov 26, 2023--1--1
brenda birenbauminThe Mad RiverWait for ita goose in a suit and tie asked me to describe my writing goals and I thought, seriously, what does that even mean? Does it mean being…3 min read·Nov 12, 2023--2--2
brenda birenbauminLit UpCluster HeadacheMy hometown, you know, it’s like a broken record sometimes, skipping on “the hills are alive” with the sound of chainsaws and bulldozers…5 min read·Nov 5, 2023----
brenda birenbauminThe Mad RiverHalfway Down the BlockI ran into you on the way to nowhere, the usual bone dry waterhole with no one around and nowhere to go, everybody’s either in lockdown —…2 min read·Oct 2, 2023----
brenda birenbauminLit UpDespairKeep a positive outlook, he says peering into my eyes, looking through them or past them, I can’t really tell, it’s too up close.4 min read·Jun 4, 2023----
brenda birenbauminLit UpSex-Ed K-12One of my earliest memories is tugging at my mom’s dress while she was talking with someone in the bathroom mirror. I couldn’t see who it…14 min read·Mar 14, 2023--1--1
brenda birenbauminDefunctedChristmas Present for the BirdsOne lazy summer day, brilliant blue skies and all that, my neighbor down rural route #1 strolled into my yard to introduce himself…9 min read·Jan 10, 2023--1--1
