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media debate • books • movies

"The Devil Extras" © Christine Mahler; Creative Commons license
Dear Rupert Murdoch (and Mark Zuckerberg)

Open Letter by Jeremiah Horrigan

As I’ve learned the hard way, Mr. Murdoch, you weren’t the worst thing to happen to me or journalism.

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inspiration
why I write • faith • visual art

"Czech" © Sarah Simon; used by permission
Because the Story Began as a Body

Essay by Jennifer Popa

It’s as if I’m peeling back my own tissues, marbled with fat, to learn.

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craft
advice • teaching • interviews

JoAnne Growney
Author Talk: JoAnne Growney

Video Interview by Elizabeth McShane

Einstein said, 'Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.'

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stories
fiction • memoir • writer's life

"Grizzly Bear" (Denali National Park) © Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith; Creative Commons license
The Land I’ll Never Own

Personal Essay by Peter H. Kahn, Jr.

Our lives need to go beyond looking. Life with nature needs to be meaningful.

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poetry
featured poets • poetry spotlights

“Plants (OR 39-1, Cougar Lake)” © Keith Moul
Nicole Callihan: Prose Poem

TW Poetry Spotlight

This is not a story in your mind. You were really that girl. She was already you.

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hot topics
from adoption to writerly sins...

“Window, Rome, Italy” © Diane G. Martin; used by permission
Pied–à–terre

Memoir by Diane G. Martin

My rights are less pertinent these days, and I’m learning restraint too late.

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