The TEMPORAL LOBE LITERARY JOURNAL is a quarterly journal that celebrates the richness of the creative nonfiction genre. Send us your poetry, familiar essays, memoirs, interviews, hybrid, and everything in between on the creative nonfiction spectrum.
We are particularly excited by writing that explores the complexities of being human with sincerity, vividity, and unabashed candor.
“LIFE, INCONSISTENT, WITH LITTLE TECHNIQUE BUT WITH UNPREDICTABLE IDIOSYNCRASY, IS ALWAYS A SUPERIOR STORYTELLER.”
—Yiyun Li
2025 HIPPOCAMPUS ANTHOLOGY
ewen glass ◆ anverena ◆ arianna kanji ◆ azalea aguilar ◆ christina olson ◆david boyle ◆ kylie donovan ◆ wendy gaudin ◆ nicholas viglietti ◆ phil flott ◆ donald patten ◆ gospel chinedu ◆ olude peter ◆ arden eli hill ◆ rachel turney ◆ kate falvey
Screens, Goats, & Death: A Conversation with Lindsey Beth Meyers
2025 SUMMER VOLUME
oz susskind ◆ sarah watkins ◆ william doreski ◆ lindsey beth meyers ◆ joylyn chai ◆ zaqary fekete ◆ lindaann loschiavo ◆ sherry shahan
temporal lobe | noun
a large lobe of each cerebral hemisphere situated in front
of the occipital lobe. it stores and retrieves memories, understands language, and processes emotions and auditory input.
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