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US Represented

Dedicated to Free Speech and Creative Expression

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Ode to the Great Black Swamp

The classroom rug was a little crusty, stamped with squared-off primary colors. At its far end, the beautiful Miss Chantry sat cross-legged in white stockings and a...

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The Amitabha Stupa

My visit to the Amitabha Stupa in Sedona several years turned out to be one of those epiphanies that shift the direction of one’s life. I knew...

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The Paladin

Oh my lady with waves of red,Thoughts of you race through my head. A heart of gold cloaked in snow, The fallen angel who lost your glow.  Taken from...

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Ten Reasons to Appreciate Science

In the mid-1700s, natural phenomena were so poorly understood in the American Colonies that lightning was considered by many to be an indicator of God’s wrath. Accordingly,...

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Afterburn

Given that I was seven years old in 1968, I didn’t want to hear about college students dropping acid and prancing around nude in public places, or...

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Uncle Bill

Alice Randall drove along a desolate road amid the soaked barren wheat fields of northern Kansas. Stands of bare trees separated neighboring properties. Every so often, she...

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A Collection of 12 Poems

Foreword Eric Stephenson’s poems are like notes found in bottles floating in the wake of a long voyage. They rarely contain conclusions or directions or morals. Far...

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Ten Reasons to Pay It Forward

To pay it forward means that instead of paying someone back for a good deed, you do a good deed for someone else. Maybe you’ll surrender your...

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Never Departed

When the summer breeze blows warm across my face, I will come to you through the slanting light and watch you paint the picture you said you...

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No Lives Matter

I walked into a Korean grocery store in Aptos to buy a beach towel. A leathery skinned man, probably in his 50s, was asking the woman behind...

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About Us

US Represented is a site dedicated to free speech and creative expression. We showcase a wide variety of writers, artists, and musicians in order to reflect the communities in which we live while also addressing a broader audience.

We feature nonfiction works, travel and nature writing, and human interest pieces, to include memoirs and personal essays. We also share short stories, serialized novels, and poetry. We address environmental and sustainability issues, and we cover the music scene as well, interviewing band members and showcasing their talents to a worldwide audience. We feature visual artists, too, working with each of them to create a USR hosted gallery linked to the artists’ websites. As a result, our readership spans the globe.

Thanks for stopping by. We’re glad you’re here, and we hope you enjoy your visit.