Talking Writing Magazine

Ron MacLean on Writing

Interview by Kelcey Parker

They pushed me over the ledge into a free fall where I found my voice.

"Let's Put on a Play!"

A Farewell Essay by Elizabeth Langosy

I know the friendships I’ve made in the TW community will stay with me.

Love and Lit in the Time of Acne

Theme Essay by Laurie Weisz

Not all critics rival Harold Bloom’s elephantine pomposity, but I’d rather read a book myself first.

Julia Stein: Poem

TW Poetry Spotlight

to the blues wafting out over the Pacific

Who Cries for Critics Now?

Theme Essay by Emily Boghossian

We inherit our passions—perhaps from critics like Douglas Crimp, perhaps from professors like Ross.

Katharine Harer: Two Poems

TW Poetry Spotlight

hope is hard to grasp when your imagination’s/grown fat on darkness

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