‘The Disposable Stories’ is a multimedia literary magazine created by E.G. Titsworth.
Each participant took two photographs using a disposable camera.
Once developed, the photos were randomly distributed among them, the pictures serving as an ekphrastic writing prompts inspired a poem or prose.
Featuring writing by Cathy Ryan, Rosa Mäkëla, Kornelia Mlak, Mahito Indi Henderson, Daniel Galvin, Margaret Gillies, Lauren O’Donovan, E.G. Titsworth, Peggy McCarthy, Róisín Leggett Bohan, The Disposable Stories is a creative prompt for the minds of Writing MA programme at UCC (Cork) students; capturing the fleeting moments and memories of their stay in Ireland.
For more information, take a look at an interview with the author, E.G. Titsworth explains what ekphrastic writing is and how her home town is connected to Ireland via a remarkable woman called Mother Jones, aka Mary G. Harris ‘the most dangerous woman in America’ – probably born in Blarney Street, Cork, and buried in the Union Miners Cemetery in Mount Olive.
The Things That Stick With Me
“That was the way stories went on my dad’s side of the family. Anecdotes would stick around for generations, weaving their way in and out of each cousins’ life, getting warped along the way.”
“An alligator lived in my grandparents’ basement. I never saw him growing up, but I knew his home was beneath the slatted stairs. The grandchildren were never allowed to go downstairs alone unless we wanted to become alligator food. I remember peeking through the lace curtain on the door to the basement, hoping to sneak a glimpse of the famous resident. And when I would go downstairs with my Grandma Grace as she changed out laundry or dug through the freezer to find something to cook for dinner, I always kept a mindful eye on my toes as I walked carefully down the steps.
As I grew older, I realized that the alligator was just something my Grandpa Don made up to scare the grandkids into not going in the basement. Yet the joke lived on for decades, even up until a few years ago when my grandparents moved out of their home on the corner of Tyler and Franklin and into my Aunt Donna’s house.”
E.G. Titsworth’s second published literary magazine.
Although the literary magazine had a limited hard-copy release, Emily is happy to announce The Disposable Stories is available to view for free online. Click the button below to view the full text or scroll up to read an excerpt written by the author.
