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media debate • books • movies

"Joan of Arc Monument" © Paul VanDerWerf; Creative Commons license (CC By 2.0)
It All Comes Back to Joan Didion

Memorial Essay by Martha Nichols

I miss her already, that’s the thing. I’ve been expecting to miss her for a long time.

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inspiration
why I write • faith • visual art

“Alchemy of the Mind” (detail) © James Notarianni; used by permission
Alchemy of the Mind

Comic by James Notarianni

I know we don't sound like you.

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craft
advice • teaching • interviews

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Chana Bloch: “The Poem Begins to Shape You”

TW Interview by Carol Dorf

Whatever kind of poetry you write, it’s hard not to get discouraged.

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stories
fiction • memoir • writer's life

Fallen Idols

Theme Essay by Elizabeth Titus

Until early 2011, I’d never met either of my literary idols. But that all changed in a matter of months.

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poetry
featured poets • poetry spotlights

"Los Angeles at Sundown" © Marcy Reiford
Julia Stein: Poem

TW Poetry Spotlight

to the blues wafting out over the Pacific

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hot topics
from adoption to writerly sins...

"Norwich Weekender" ©  Ruth Johnston
Clothes to Die In

Flash Nonfiction by Mel Andrews

I’m uncomfortable around ambulances or the overdressed crowds outside funeral parlors.

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