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media debate • books • movies

Shouting Outside the Halls of Art

TW Opinion by Andrew Vanden Bossche

Metroid is as obtuse as a silent film, crude as a pictogram, an endless winding maze without a human soul.

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inspiration
why I write • faith • visual art

"Floating on the Same River Twice" © © Frits Ahlefeldt, hikingartist.com
What Writers Say About Getting Paid

TW Cartoon Feature

Christopher Hitchens: 'It would be useful to keep a diary, but I don’t like writing unpaid. I don’t like writing checks without getting paid.'

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craft
advice • teaching • interviews

"Quit Now, and Cake Will Be Served Immediately" © Guy Sie; Creative Commons license
How Not to Become a Writer

Essay by Lâle Davidson

Write your stories very slowly, word by word, trying to please everyone but yourself.

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stories
fiction • memoir • writer's life

Letters from Spenser

Memorial Essay by Lisa Solod

Parker was as macho as he seemed, as alpha as his first hero Spenser.

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poetry
featured poets • poetry spotlights

“Fire and Ice” © Niels Langeveld; used by permission
Sarah Glaz: Two Poems

TW Poetry Spotlight

The integers are not a happy medium

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hot topics
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David Biddle
Author Talk: David Biddle

Video Interview by John Vogel

From an early stage, I was more interested in reading and writing and messing around with music than either of my siblings.

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