Welcome to 111 Words, by Andrew Shields

The sixtieth anniversary of my parents' wedding

Pregancy advice from five countries in 1999

Burn bags

Heiner Müller's production of "Hamlet" at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin in 1991

Beached ships in García Márquez's "Cien años de soledad" and Ishiguro's "Never Let Me Go"

Prayer, Hymn, and Barbecue in Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God"