If you listen closely, with all your might, the trees will talk to you Note: Dan Szczesny is an award-winning New Hampshire journalist, author, and speaker. His latest work, The White Mountain, along with all other things Dan can be found at his website here. For the month of November, Dan is publishing “live essays,” such…Read More
Articles from November 2019
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Pinky Swear
Lawn darts, cocaine, crooked dentists — and destiny It was very uncharacteristic of me to blow lines recreationally, but this badass skirt really flipped gravity on me. She was like a little Egyptian mischief goddess, with a smile full of endless teeth, and eyes like the devil’s concubine. Wake up, she’s shoving a bump under…Read More
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Evil in the Concert Hall
If you’re gonna claim to have made a deal with The Devil, The Devil better know who you are My female friends and I are getting ready to put on a concert. The only problem is, we’re kind of not talking to each other, for petty reasons. However, the show must go on. Some of…Read More
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Earth Emotions
I’m here to tell you, baby, your Eutierria is strong Note: Dan Szczesny is an award-winning New Hampshire journalist, author, and speaker. His latest work, The White Mountain, along with all other things Dan can be found at his website here. For the month of November, Dan is publishing “live essays,” such as this one, on his…Read More
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L’ange
The haunting of an old man fantasizing on the precipice This piece was featured in the Late Winter 2020 Monadnock Underground print quarterly. It was 2:30 am. He was alone, staring at a computer screen, looking for the words he wants to say, hoping they will spill out onto his screen. A picture sat on…Read More
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She’s Leaving Home
Getting what we need is always bittersweet This piece was featured in the Late Winter 2020 Monadnock Underground print quarterly. Leaving home hurt. The thing about home is that it’s warm and completing, but it’s so hard to grow within it. I had my routines, I had a total identity, but at eighteen I had…Read More
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Crafting Virtue
It’s not just what gets made, but what the act of making does to the maker Note: Dan Szczesny is an award-winning New Hampshire journalist, author, and speaker. His latest work, The White Mountain, along with all other things Dan can be found at his website here. For the month of November, Dan is publishing “live…Read More
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10-Year-Old Eyeliner
A Review of Emo-Night Boston This piece was featured in the Late Winter 2020 Monadnock Underground print quarterly. It was four years into our relationship and two months into our marriage when I finally introduced my wife to my culture. We went to Emo-Night. For me, the self-indulgence of emo music was a way of…Read More
MONADNOCK UNDERGROUND ANNOUNCES FIRST BOOK RELEASE
Steal This Day: 12 Simple Exercises to Claim Your Time and See the Glory in Everything Now Available in Paperback and as Ebook PETERBOROUGH, NH, November 5, 2019—Local literary journal Monadnock Underground has announced the publication of its first book offering. Written by creative director Christopher J. DiLoreto, Steal This Day: 12 Simple Exercises to Claim Your Time…Read More
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November Outlook: Passing Water in the Time of Monsters
Hold off for now on that year-end reflection—there’s miles to go before we sleep November has already opened in dramatic fashion, presenting itself as the Month of the (regal but stern) Fire Queen, her dangerously beautiful daughter, and the settling of scores and evening-out of imbalances. With much fanfare and fervent activity, we find ourselves…Read More