Talking Writing Magazine

Beacons

Short Story by Julie Wittes Schlack

Be positive, but be genuine, the memo advises. Acknowledge that this is an emotionally difficult time, but demonstrate confidence in our future.

Bearing Witness, Past and Present

Essay by Marc Nieson

Standing before the mute petroglyphs, I found myself conjuring stories about what lay behind each rendering.

Mad Libs: Deep State

Poem by Susan Terris

It was the best of times, until the big man whose clock struck thirteen made it the worst of times.

Kathleen Spivack: Shaping What You Write

TW Interview by Jennifer Jean

You really have to swim down into yourself when you’re writing, which is why people confuse it all with mental illness.

When the Pieces Don’t Seem to Fit

Essay by JoeAnn Hart

I stared at the puzzle pieces, which, like my notes on the play, seemed to have nothing to do with one another.

Everything that Rises

Report by Steven Volynets

Admitting you are a writer at Wheeler’s is like admitting to folding origami or shopping at the Whole Foods.

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