Alison Relyea
Alison Cupp Relyea is a writer and educator. She works as the Director of Education and Programming at the Rye Historical Society and writes a monthly column at ryehistory.org/. In her personal writing projects, Alison writes essays that cover topics in gender, education, current events, family and politics. Her work can be found at ryehistory.org/stories, The Good Men Project, Gimme the Good Stuff, Red Tricycle and Hamlet Hub, as well as on her Medium site. Alison loves finding ways to thread humor into her work and bring small moments to life in a way that connects with others. She lives in Rye, NY with her husband and three children.
Reflections on 9/11 and Leaving New York
New York City is a love story. It is beauty, pain, concrete and air with millions of little lives col-liding and crisscrossing into one giant ecosystem. It transcends explanation but we know its energy when we feel it and it is unmistakably New York. In our twenties, brunches led to exploring Chelsea galleries, record stores on St. Marks Place, bowling at Bowlmor and moules frites at Felix. Later we traded middle-of-the-night diners for middle-of-the-night feedings, with New York the backdrop to our changing, shifting, evolving lives.
Creative Nonfiction
Issue 41, September 2020
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To Walk a Path in Anzio
Every Memorial Day, the lines of this poem interrupt my thoughts, popping in at odd moments as I watch my children jump in a pool or take a bite of a burger. In eighth grade, I had to memorize a poem from a photocopied packet of famous poems as part of an English assignment. In my fuzzy memory, I am sitting at our kitchen table while my mom makes dinner.
Creative Nonfiction
Issue 31, November 2019
Issues Archive
Alison Relyea
Alison Cupp Relyea is a writer and educator. She works as the Director of Education and Programming at the Rye Historical Society and writes a monthly column at ryehistory.org/. In her personal writing projects, Alison writes essays that cover topics in gender, education, current events, family and politics. Her work can be found at ryehistory.org/stories, The Good Men Project, Gimme the Good Stuff, Red Tricycle and Hamlet Hub, as well as on her Medium site. Alison loves finding ways to thread humor into her work and bring small moments to life in a way that connects with others. She lives in Rye, NY with her husband and three children.
Reflections on 9/11 and Leaving New York
New York City is a love story. It is beauty, pain, concrete and air with millions of little lives col-liding and crisscrossing into one giant ecosystem. It transcends explanation but we know its energy when we feel it and it is unmistakably New York. In our twenties, brunches led to exploring Chelsea galleries, record stores on St. Marks Place, bowling at Bowlmor and moules frites at Felix. Later we traded middle-of-the-night diners for middle-of-the-night feedings, with New York the backdrop to our changing, shifting, evolving lives.
Creative Nonfiction
Issue 41, September 2020
Issues Archive
To Walk a Path in Anzio
Every Memorial Day, the lines of this poem interrupt my thoughts, popping in at odd moments as I watch my children jump in a pool or take a bite of a burger. In eighth grade, I had to memorize a poem from a photocopied packet of famous poems as part of an English assignment. In my fuzzy memory, I am sitting at our kitchen table while my mom makes dinner.
Creative Nonfiction
Issue 31, November 2019
Issues Archive