TW Reading Series


Talking Writing brings new audiences to literary work,
republishing selections that originally appeared in print.


 

The TW Reading Series showcases print work that deserves a wider audience. Because TW's nonprofit mission is to expand readership for literature and journalism online, we occasionally reprint excerpts from books and other journals published by small or university presses.

Our selection process is based on what TW editors like and upcoming themes in the magazine. We take suggestions from readers, contributing writers, and publishers.

New titles appear as they're published throughout the year.

2012–2013 List 

2014 List

2015 List

2018 List

2019 List

  • "Memory Ghosts" by Maria Romasco Moore, from Ghostographs: An Album, Rose Metal Press (2018).
  • "D Is for Decomposition" by David Carlin and Nicole Walker, from The After-Normal: Brief, Alphabetical Essays on a Changing Planet, Rose Metal Press (2019).

2020 List

  • "The Sophist's Dilemma" and "The Sophist's Cellar" by Peter Bethanis from the Wallace Stevens Journal (Spring 1996) and Tar River Poetry (Spring 1996), respectively.

  • "A Curious Animal" by Troy Farah from Spillers #3, an anthology from Four Chambers Press.

  • "BMX Racers on My Wall" by Yi Shun Lai from Pin Ups, a Little Bound Book from Homebound Books (2020).

  • "Dropping Ashes" by Bonnie Neubauer from the anthology What Remains, Gelles-Cole Literary Enterprises (2019).

2021 List

  • "More Girl Than Girl" by David Biddle, novel excerpt from Old Music for New People, The Story Plant (2021).

2022 List


 

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