Final Dispositions

by Linda McCullough Moore, February 2009 (Issue 398)
(Fiction)

Posted on: August 01, 2009

Recommended by: Holly McKinney, Administrative Assistant
Why she likes it: “I love this story because each time I read it, I walk away with a smile on my face and a swollen heart. McCullough Moore’s Margaret is one of the most likeable characters I have ever encountered.”

Under The Apple Tree

by Laura Pritchett, August 2006 (Issue 368)
(Fiction)

Posted on: March 01, 2009

Recommended by: Brenda Nelson, a Sun reader
Why she likes it: “I love this story because it’s sensual, erotic, and filled with unbearable longing. Every so often I reread it just for the high.”

When They Get To The Corner

by Sy Safransky, July 2004 (Issue 343)
(Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories)

Posted on: November 01, 2009

Recommended by: Wendy Loughlin, a Sun reader
Why she likes it: “I suffered a stroke in 2002 at the age of twenty-nine; so much of what Safransky writes reminds me of my own father and what he must have gone through with me.”

Behold

by Tim Melley, June 2004 (Issue 342)
(Fiction)

Posted on: November 01, 2008

Recommended by: Luc Saunders, Editorial Assistant
Why he likes it: “I laughed. I cried. I held my mother just a little bit longer the next time I hugged her.”

Pray for Peace

by Ellen Bass, June 2003 (Issue 330)
(Poetry)

Posted on: September 01, 2008

Recommended by: C.M. Bonny Harrison, a Sun reader
Why she likes it: “This poem has been on my refrigerator for five years as a daily reminder that everyday activities provide opportunities to ask for peace — not only for myself but also for all of humanity. My copy is yellow with age, much like my old refrigerator and also my very self.”

How To Bury A Dog

by Holly Ann Hyde, February 2003 (Issue 326)
(Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories)

Posted on: February 01, 2009

Recommended by: Zoe Griss-Bush, a Sun reader
Why she likes it: “I read it on the bus on the way to high school years ago, and by the end of the story I was sobbing. My dog was getting old, and we were all anticipating that her end was near. This story spoke directly to my heart.”

The Love Of My Life

by Cheryl Strayed, September 2002 (Issue 321)
(Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories)

Posted on: June 01, 2008

Recommended by: Alison Luterman, author and Sun contributor
Why she likes it: “Because of the way Strayed combines grief, sexuality, humor, toughness, and surprise. I use the essay all the time when I teach. It never fails to grab students by the lapels and shake them up.”

Bathifying

by Sparrow, August 2002 (Issue 320)
(Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories)

Posted on: January 01, 2009

Recommended by: Genie Zeiger, author and Sun contributor
Why she likes it: “Because bathifying is almost as great as sexifying!”

Beyond Happiness And Unhappiness

An Interview With Spiritual Teacher Eckhart Tolle

by Steve Donoso, July 2002 (Issue 319)
(The Sun Interview)

Posted on: May 01, 2008

Recommended by: Angela Winter, Associate Publisher, Digital Media & Operations
Why she likes it: “This interview introduced me to Eckhart Tolle, whose lucid, straightforward teaching about the nature of consciousness continues to ring bell-like through my awareness.”

Ecstasy

by Steve Almond, June 2001 (Issue 306)
(Fiction)

Posted on: March 31, 2008

Recommended by: Krista Bremer, Associate Publisher, Circulation & Marketing
Why she likes it: “This story captures the world according to a nineteen-year-old full of passion and insecurity, and evokes those brief, ecstatic moments of our youth that are seared into our hearts forever.”