The Goat Child's Dream
January 13, 2014Comics by Theresa Williams
We have no memory of our birth. So when we're little we want to know all about it.
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Wish I Could Quit You
January 8, 2014Essay by Steve Adams
For days, weeks, even months, you slog onward as if hacking through switchgrass with a machete.
Happy Holidays from Talking Writing
December 23, 2013News Update from the Editors
TW will return after the New Year—best wishes to all! In the meantime, we reflect on the magazine's future.
TW Contest Winners for 2013
December 20, 2013Contest Update from the Editors
In the end, both judges focused on the haunting use of language in the winning pieces.
From Mount Olympus to Mount Sinai
December 18, 2013Theme Essay by Richard Zimler
The mystic's flexible and poetic approach to spirituality is precisely what we need in our era of religious intolerance and conflict.
"MaddAddam" and the Trouble with Sequels
December 16, 2013Book Review by Karen J. Ohlson
I imagined Atwood as a magician who had allowed herself to be handcuffed and locked in a box, just to show how easily she could break free.
A T-Shirt to Help TW Fly
December 13, 2013News Update from the Editors
Buy a limited-edition "Talk Floats" T-shirt through our Booster campaign.
