Eight Novels to Prepare You for the End of Civilization
March 20, 2017Feature by Tim Weed
If you’re stocking the shelves of your survival shelter, don’t forget to throw in a few gripping novels.
Talking Writing Magazine
Irreconcilable Differences
March 13, 2017Poem by Cindy Veach
The border gate opens like sesame.
Night Fishing
March 6, 2017Personal Essay by Sara Hubbs
Have you ever recoiled from your own newborn?
Flight Risk: Dementia
February 27, 2017Poem by Susan Terris
Her husband, deep in dementia, with a child's mind in a man's body, shoves her against the wall.
Manhattan, My Ass, You're in Oakland
February 22, 2017Two Poems by Judy Juanita
Do the dead Chumash own Santa Barbara or do Oprah and Jeff Bridges?
We Could Be Cyborgs
February 6, 2017Two Poems by Lesley Wheeler
Natural, at this age, to decay and disjoint—to seek chemical solder and replacement parts.
Free Speech and Grassroots Writing
February 6, 2017TW Column by Martha Nichols
I sometimes forget that the most effective creative writing has nothing to do with schooling or publishing.
