Talking Writing Magazine

I’m Never Weeding

Essay by John Jacobson

Love, joy, loss, and grief are all flowers on the same vine.

Music Talk: Jamey Robinson

Podcast Interview with John Vogel

Adventures with creative lifer and Philadelphia musician Robinson—aka Buffalo Stance.

Author Talk: Sarah Fay

Podcast Interview with Martha Nichols

A conversation about Fay's "Pathological" memoir and mental-health misdiagnoses (yes, plural).

Why I Love Translating

Essay by Patricia Dubrava

Many of the best translators know the language of the original well, but I share an advantage with all the best: I’m a writer, too.

On Touch

Poetry by José Angel Araguz

Touching, letting go, returning to touch: we love with the persistence of flies!

No One Is Coming to Save Us (Except Us)

A Call to Action by Martha Nichols

Don’t let the Court’s decision to overturn Roe—or the findings of the January 6 hearings—or the continuing disaster of climate change—make you give up.

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