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trends
media debate • books • movies

Why Bookstores Aren’t Helping Indie Authors—Yet

TW Column by David Biddle

The staff of this lovely shop didn’t welcome me with open arms.

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inspiration
why I write • faith • visual art

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We’ve Got to Move

Novel Excerpt by Sanderia Faye

We were going to meet every Sunday after church service, Christians and sinners alike till we got the job done.

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craft
advice • teaching • interviews

William Giraldi: “I Let Myself Be Outrageous”

TW Interview by David Cameron

Reading Busy Monsters is like crashing a party where Cervantes, Hopkins, Wordsworth, and Homer all compete at drinking games.

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stories
fiction • memoir • writer's life

The Game Changer

Memoir by Fran Cronin

Snippets of splendor were sprinkled everywhere in Moscow.

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poetry
featured poets • poetry spotlights

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The Real Enemy

Poem by Maria Griffin

Nature is a noisy thing, and mammoths don’t walk lightly.

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hot topics
from adoption to writerly sins...

"Child Walking on Balls" © D Sharon Pruitt
Adoption and the Real Story

Theme Essay by David Biddle

What was my mix? Was I part Jewish, Italian, African, Native American, Hispanic, Irish?

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