Category: non fiction
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‘It Started with a Splash’ by Barry Kritzberg
It started on a hot and humid afternoon at the California Park Swimming Pool. We had gotten wet, cooled off a bit, but no one seemed to have the energy…
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Call for Submissions : Issue 11 (Summer 2026)
The Hemlock Journal is delighted to announce that submissions are now open for Issue 11 (Summer 2026) Up to Issue 10, we offered our contributors publication in our print and…
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‘These Books Were Not for Reading’ by David Margolin
Even though the pages in these books were blank, opening a new one made me happy. The pages were crisp, clean, fresh, and inviting. They were unspoiled–waiting eagerly to serve…
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‘Boxer at Rest’ by Ivars Balkits
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, butto escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. –Marcus Aurelius How tiredness looks. Slumped-over…
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Nyukung’s (Grandmother) Archive about grief and her Contribution to the economy of our Family
Just as the autumn leaves fall crisp and brown onto the earth after completing their lifetime, grief, in a similar way, accompanies me as I faced one of the major…
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The Hemlock’s Issue 10 is Here!
We’re proud to announce the release of Issue 10 of Hemlock Journal — our most diverse and global issue yet. This edition brings together voices, ideas, and creative work from contributors of…
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‘My Aita’s Orchard’ by Ananya Mahapatra
I sit under the shade of a gooseberry tree with an old wooden slate on my lap. The chalk crumbles at the tip every time I try my hand at…
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‘A malAIse of expression’ by Agnibarathi
Writing is a unique art. It is one of the few arts where there is no recognition for exact reproduction simply because most of the human race is skilled at…
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Remapping the Past: Trauma and the Reconstructed Self in ‘The Other Side of Silence’
The Partition of 1947 ruptured the Indian nation not merely in the political sense of the term; it also enforced social, emotional, and psychological divides, leaving identities and histories irrevocably…
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‘On Being a Debut Author’ by Shivangi Gajwani Jain
A strange quiet has settled in since the book left my hands. I am agented now and my debut novel is on submission. This is the good part, isn’t it?…
