Essays
Lunch Ladies, Lost Cat
A search for an orange Tom suddenly makes a neighborhood seem less random
All Our Lives
At twilight, a Lake Erie town bares its soul.
Possibility City
Who knew Cleveland was the place to start a movement?
Getting to the Heat and Light
How Sheila Schwartz helped me find the truth in fiction.
Hot and Bothered in the 216
How come a grown woman can’t get a date in this town?
Small-Engine Repair
Pigeons, guns and a bracing reality check from a guy named Terrence
Inner Belt Beauty
Driving across the Inner Belt Bridge on my way home from a trip to Bogota, I see the cityscape rise before me, lights twinkling and traffic whizzing by, and cynically think to myself that Cleveland looks like a hundred other mid-size cities.
Opportunity Corridor
By Pete Beatty. I moved away from Cleveland in 1999. When I return to visit, [...]
S & M in the CLE
I am in an S & M relationship with Cleveland. I am Cleveland’s slave. For me the “S” of Cleveland’s sadism stands for “seasonal.” All winter long, I withstand what Cleveland wants me to withstand.
Drinks on the River
The men came every day, arriving as the daytime manager slid back the bolt on the front door. They walked into a darkness so solid they’d tip their heads as if dodging a blow.
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