Skip to content
Poor Yorick

Poor Yorick

A journal of rediscovery

  • Home
  • About
    • Contact Us
    • History
  • Archives
    • Fiction
    • Nonfiction
    • Poetry
    • Interviews
    • Art & Photography
    • Film
  • Submissions
  • News & Events
  • Blog

Category: Nonfiction

Cat Links Archived, Nonfiction

It’s About Time

Posted on December 17, 2017August 22, 2018 Mel Johnson

Terri Elders looks back on her life and reminds us that all we have is this moment right now. … Continue readingIt’s About Time

Cat Links Archived, Nonfiction

Berlin Letters

Posted on October 18, 2017September 17, 2020 Mel Johnson

This essay by Ronnie Hess revisits her journey, through translated letters, to learn about and try to find peace with her Jewish grandparents’ lives in Nazi Germany.
… Continue readingBerlin Letters

Cat Links Archived, Nonfiction

A Lunar June

Posted on September 18, 2017May 2, 2018 Victoria Carvalho

A creative nonfiction piece by Brandon Hansen styled as an email to a lost love, with a bit of Russian space history thrown in. … Continue readingA Lunar June

Cat Links Archived, Nonfiction

Why Marjorie? by Laura B. Hayden

Posted on February 14, 2017August 18, 2020 carolynbernier

The roundabout road that led me to start digging deep at the Woody Guthrie Archives began well over forty years before the site opened… … Continue readingWhy Marjorie? by Laura B. Hayden

Cat Links Archived, Nonfiction

Quilting by Lisa A. Feintech

Posted on June 14, 2016October 11, 2017 jodonnell

Discover the art of quilting, as author Lisa A. Feintech takes you on a journey about her experience and how quilting brought her “pride and pleasure.” … Continue readingQuilting by Lisa A. Feintech

Cat Links Archived, Film, Nonfiction

The Hoofprint of History by Jonathan Silverman

Posted on April 1, 2015June 14, 2016 CaraP

This essay and slide show about abandoned horse-racing tracks explores meeting points of nature and public space. … Continue readingThe Hoofprint of History by Jonathan Silverman

Cat Links Archived, Nonfiction

The Ghost of the Westchester Northern by Vincent P. Kmetz

Posted on March 25, 2015May 19, 2016 jodonnell

Vincent P. Kmetz explores an old railway route along the fairways of Brae Burn Country Club. … Continue readingThe Ghost of the Westchester Northern by Vincent P. Kmetz

Cat Links Archived, Nonfiction

The Letter Diary of Physicist Max Planck

Posted on December 10, 2014June 2, 2015 CaraP

Imagine exploring a letter diary that passed between Max Planck and three of his college friends? Brandon Brown gives us a glimpse of the man behind the quantum theorist. … Continue readingThe Letter Diary of Physicist Max Planck

Cat Links Archived, Nonfiction

The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary

Posted on October 15, 2014February 18, 2015 CaraP

Rebecca Reynolds follows the trail of legends surrounding the Vegetable Lamb of Tartary.
… Continue readingThe Vegetable Lamb of Tartary

Cat Links Archived, Nonfiction

The Pink Vase

Posted on October 15, 2014December 10, 2014 CaraP

Objects passed through generations have the power to haunt and give hope. Laura Sommers’ lays a burden to rest in her personal essay “The Pink Vase.”
… Continue readingThe Pink Vase

Posts navigation

Newer posts
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
Copyright © 2021 Poor Yorick | Signify by WEN Themes
Scroll Up