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media debate • books • movies

"Bike Path, Chappaquiddick" (paper and glue on window glass) © Kim Triedman; used by permission
Some Failed Nocturnes for Sylvia Plath

Hybrid Poetry by Marie Chambers

Verbs begin to spiral from her mouth and coil outward into the sky.

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inspiration
why I write • faith • visual art

“A Flock of Winged Cherubs in the Sky, One Holding a Martyr's Palm” © Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo; public domain
Nativity Scene

Poem by Lynn Domina

Not one creature gazes out toward me, solitary observer.

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craft
advice • teaching • interviews

My Slow Prose Manifesto

Theme Essay by Karen J. Ohlson

Many times, in my writing, I’ve wished that I could flip a switch in my brain and work in draft mode.

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stories
fiction • memoir • writer's life

“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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poetry
featured poets • poetry spotlights

“Single Wave” © Niels Langeveld; used by permission
Stephanie Strickland: Poem

TW Poetry Spotlight

that body vanishes, all innerness outerness: rules invent this

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hot topics
from adoption to writerly sins...

“Ring of Kerry Lookout and Car Park, Ireland” © Nils Nedel; public domain
Return to New York

Report by Keith Langston

The feeling of being protected, of being immune, and of being separate vanished.

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