Short Fiction: The Greek Couple; Turn and Burn

The Greek Couple— Fiction by George Wynn When Tito came back home to Boston, where his father and mother were dead, he’d always screw up. Nostalgia for his parents drove him to the bottle. He was persona non grata with his two married sisters on the South Shore. /—/Turn and Burn— Fiction by Joan Clair “You need to think of it as a business,” one of the property managers said. “It’s not about his humanity or yours, even though, of course, none of us likes to put anyone out on the street.”

Poetry September 2010

Hope’s nothing but right,/ like the justice of star shine/ on river breezing midnights....

Poetry, August 2010

Resurrection/ by Claire J. Baker/ May you/ arrive at/ resurrection/ not by dying/ but by LIVING./ May the end/ begin a/ beginning.

Oral History from the Seniors of St. Mary's Center

The following oral histories of seniors Joe Batiste, Darlene Thomas, Milas Hackett, David Fobroy, Henry Thompson, and Richard Mingus were compiled by Trena Cleland to document the inspiring life stories of poor and homeless seniors who have been helped by St. Mary's Center in downtown Oakland.