It’s true what they say. It’s rarely good when your phone rings after midnight.
A Mother’s Guide to Leukemia and Its Aftermath by Cindy Winetroub Rogers
Category: Issues
Review: Liberace’s Filipino Cousin by David Brubaker
At first, I was nervous to read David Brubaker’s Liberace’s Filipino Cousin…. I was nervous because of my own preconceptions…
Review: Writing Hard Stories by Melanie Brooks
… every time she sat down at a computer, the blank page and blinking cursor questioned her: “Why are you writing this story?”
Review — Empire of Cotton: A Global History by Sven Beckert
If you own a couch, a bed, jeans, shirts, t-shirts, towels, sheets, a handkerchief, or even a single pair of socks, then you are in direct contact with cotton.
The Writing Life: Does it Matter Where a Writer Lives? by Abby Norman
I’ve lived in Maine my entire life, save for the few years I spent in college in New York before I fell ill. I’m a proud New Englander now…
CRAFT: When Your Writing Becomes Too Formulaic by Carina Sitkus, Articles Editor
Our job as writers is to help the reader forget about the writing and get immersed in the story—and that’s exactly what happens when you have a solid structure in place.
Interview: Melanie Brooks, author of Writing Hard Stories
While a student in the Stonecoast MFA program, Melanie Brooks set out to write a memoir—a story that, once pen was put to paper, stirred up emotions, emotions she hadn’t realized would still be so painful.
The 18-Minute Rule Throws Jimmy Pro For A Loop In Gotham City by William C. Crawford
Jimmy unleashed his usual slick card swipe, but as he glided into his infamous turnstile roll things turned to shit in a hurry.
After I Glimpse the Phenomenal Blurb on Page 153 by Charnell Peters
We move to page 154. The walls moan like a grandmother who has walked up too many steps. Then they settle back into their braces. No one else seems to feel the shift…
Rhythm by Isaac Yuen
I discovered truth one day during my seventh shot with a tennis ball machine, as imparted by a one-handed topspin backhand. At the time no thought was given…
