Catherine Rossi Imagine making the excruciating decision to leave your family. Spending all of your meager savings for a one-way ticket. Enduring a physically exhausting journey in cramped and putrid conditions. Arriving in a land where you don’t know anybody and don’t know the language. Imagine how bad conditions must be to make that decision. Ultimately you … Read more
My micro piece A Life was published in Issue 4 of The Hooghly Review. The article is about my mother who passed away in 2024. I miss her. I’m excited to be part of the The Hooghly Review family! Click to read the article and to browse the other amazing pieces and artwork while you’re … Read more
My article The Day I Believed in Aliens has been published in Issue 4 of Raw Lit magazine. The essay describes the hardships of dating later in life. Let me know if you can relate! I’m excited to be part of the Raw Lit family. Click to read the article and take a look at … Read more
I’m excited to announce that my essay Not in the (Motherhood) Club was published today in Midstory Magazine. The article shares my experience as a mid-life woman who never had children and now finds herself a step-grandmother. This is my first magazine publication and my first paid article! Click to read and comment on the … Read more
The 125th anniversary of the Wilmington NC coup is upon us. To mark the anniversary, I recommend reading Wilmington’s Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy by David Zucchino. I’m embarrassed to admit that despite living in North Carolina for nearly 3 decades, I didn’t know the details of this … Read more
It’s that time of year. You smell brats on the grill. You taste pretzels and malty beer. You feel a refreshing breeze. Uh, scratch that last part. No cool breeze makes its way to North Carolina in September. But somewhere, some place, the air is turning cooler. And then there’s that sound. Faint at first, … Read more
Last year when Icelandair announced a non-stop flight between my mid-sized city and Reykjavik, I jumped at the opportunity. With only one other non-stop to Europe, getting to the continent in only 6 hours was an obvious choice. And so we were on our way for a 10 day self-driving tour. Self-driving, by the way, … Read more
I saw her out of the corner of my eye, watching me as I hovered over the display table. I’d circled it four times already, running my hand over the books, marveling at their sleek feel and their unbroken spines. I picked up a few, read a small bit of the description and a random … Read more