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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

Winter's Light

Image Essay by Cynthia Staples

As much as I complain about the cold, I love winter’s light coming through the windows each morning.

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craft
advice • teaching • interviews

Sorry, Your Buddies Won’t Buy Your Book

TW Column by David Biddle

This is the plight of the indie author. When you go it alone, nobody really knows you’re there.

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stories
fiction • memoir • writer's life

Excerpt from Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph (September 1945) © Ellen Prentiss Campbell; used by permission
No Trespassing

Essay by Ellen Prentiss Campbell

I was nervous. Would she in some way feel that I had overstepped the bounds, appropriated her story?

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poetry
featured poets • poetry spotlights

"Hooded Vulture" © Andrew Tinmouth; Creative Commons license
O Reason Not

Hybrid Poetry by Robert Perchan

Fat content of dreams. Calories in a carnal fantasy.

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hot topics
from adoption to writerly sins...

Boston: Why I Keep Revising

Essay by Martha Nichols

It would be nice if there were only one storyline for this tragedy, but there isn’t.

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