A New Yorker’s meditation on lemon poppy seed muffins, her father, and the city blocks they walked together each day.

One student’s frustration with the frequency of the “hometown conversation.”

One writer reminisces about his hometown, 1984 and the changing tenants of a particular storefront.

One author considers it a privilege to hate her hometown of Bellevue, Washington.

An introspective look at a sleepy French town.

Wichita, Kansas owes this Illinois transplant a $3,000 prize, which she intends to win this year.

Winnetka, Illinois, is the town we all grew up in.

The Pacific Northwest houses a town in transition, but a town of eclectic pacifists no less.

Photo by Richard Castele.

Dear Cuyahoga River,
It must be tough to be you.
My parents remember June 1969, when you burst into flames. Or, technically, when an unknown spark ignited an odious soup of oil and detritus floating top of you. It was your 10th fire in a century. And even though the blaze smoldered for less [...]

Not just your Jewish grandparents’ retirement destination.

Cherries and ice cream are this Michigan city’s draws.

Digging up some dirt in “Dirt Town”

A writer reflects on how the auto-industry crisis hit close to home.

Our writer from a small town looks back at a childhood spent escaping to the big city.

The multiple personalities of this writer’s New York hometown.