Diana Rosen

Posted on April 14, 2023 in As It Ought To Be Magazine You’d think exiting a drive-in movie theater would be easy but my younger siblings and their friends are hollering as if they’re on a daredevil carnival ride causing me to tap the car behind me,…

The four of us are in the Indian-style Jeep. Devan, our driver, is at the wheel; our host, Rajah, next to him; Alexander and I claim the seat. I’m visiting Darjeeling to write about tea. Alexander is a German graduate student here to study biodynamic…

PUBLISHED in TIFERET JOURNAL: Writing & Creative Spirit Autumn 2016, paperback only. Forthcoming online at https://tiferetjournal.com/autumn 2016 This article was in response to the prompt, "Do you think it is possible for people of different faiths…

The four of us are in the Indian-style Jeep; our driver, Devan, is at the wheel; our host, Rajah, next to him; Alexander and I in the back seat. I’m visiting Darjeeling to write about tea. Alexander is a German graduate student here to study…

From "FAR VILLAGES, Welcome Essays for New and Beginner Poets" published by Black Lawrence Press, 2020 I didn't even know I was on a journey when I first began to write poems, in my late forties no less. I was working in a bookstore along some…

by Diana RosenMy sister, with whom I’ve had a challenging relationship, gave me an elephant’s hair bracelet with 14k gold details that I cherished. It was a generous gift, one that reflected that she had listened to my story of the myth that…

What Does Mom Know? by Diana Rosen My dad nearly drowned as a boy. Fear kept him from learning how to swim but he knew his kids should, so my parents both insisted that my sister and I have lessons at the local YMCA. I loved it, thought I was a…

by Diana RosenIt began normally enough: a licensed driving school teacher, a car with steering wheels on both the driver’s and the passenger’s side, and learning the basics, which I practiced and practiced and practiced.A challenge: an excursion! A…