Gary Percesepe
Gary Percesepe lives in White Plains, New York, and roots shamelessly for the Yankees. He is the author of Moratorium: Collected Stories and a new book of poetry, The Girl of My Dream. His essay in this issue is from his memoir-in-progress. (garypercesepe.com)
Practice Losing Everything
I challenged my students to interrogate their own religious inheritance, and I spoke frequently of the “ethics of faith.” I asked whether they’d arrived at faith through honest inquiry or by suppressing their doubts.
April 2026Some Notes On Fathers And Sons
I learned how to be a man by modeling the behavior of my father, and then other men. What I don’t know is how my son has modeled me, and that’s creating a commotion in my heart.
August 2022The Count
I counted because I had told myself that if the count was right, my mother would be spared. My father would not die. My older sister, Jeanne, would make it to high school. But only if I kept the count.
February 2022Has something we published moved you? Fired you up? Did we miss the mark? We’d love to hear about it.
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