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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

"Nun Deep in Prayer" © Robert Frank Gabriel; Creative Commons license
The Holy Terror

Memoir Excerpt by Jeremiah Horrigan

My hands passed right through the lump of snow. My superpowers were already kicking in.

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craft
advice • teaching • interviews

Can Good Writing Be Taught?

Theme Essay by Kate Geiselman

Students of all ages in my classes often equate good writing with things they agree with or understand.

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stories
fiction • memoir • writer's life

"Rosarios" © Luis Roberto Lainez
Three Visits to His Abuelita

Essay by Patricia Dubrava

She looked dismayed. Maybe she’d never seen such a reaction to one of her cures.

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poetry
featured poets • poetry spotlights

"Fire at the Sky" © Andreas Wienemann; Creative Commons license
Daniel May: Poem

TW Poetry Spotlight

later, i'll wonder if looking into the sun makes me crazy, or gives me secret terrible knowledge.

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hot topics
from adoption to writerly sins...

Michael Lowenthal: “A Stone Down a Bottomless Well”

TW Interview by Fran Cronin

The whole online world drives me nuts. I hate the pressure of feeling like I need to go on Facebook and be witty."

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