Theory of Welcome: Boredom opens doors.
A Transplanted Midwestern Chinese-Filipina’s Theories of Life by Ann Guy
Foghorn 1980 by Beth Tillman
The sound of the foghorn blowing low floats up the Mississippi….
Lost by Shoshana Ray
We flag a cab to the Bronx. Mama is downright giddy.
Pistol Whipped by Aimee Seiff Christian
Johnny told me he never saw the gun. He didn’t know what hit him, people say.
Double Dutch by Margaret Luongo
The fine metal sweat-stink of thirteen.
Grief always has a future by JJ Peña
the day’s weeping heat, you’re driving over the speed limit down a random highway
Mink by Kathryn Ganfield
Driving a wooded road wreathed with fern and bramble, I spot a dark divot ahead.
CRAFT: Using the Lesson of the Rose to Write Detail as Narrative by Ellen Blum Barish
Too much detail can distract your reader and slow the pace of the action.
WRITING LIFE: Publishing and Infertility by Amy Gallo Ryan
There’s a well-worn trope in the literary world that publishing a book is an act of creation analogous to producing a human life.
From the Archives: A Father’s Day Round-Up — Creative Nonfiction About Dads by D. Nicholas Penglase
We collected a few stories from our archives that examine the often complex relationships we have with our dads, and how they shape us and follow us throughout our lives.
