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trends
media debate • books • movies

Why Horror Movies Disappoint Readers

Theme Essay by KC Redding-Gonzalez

The private experience of horror is intensely personal. It taps my memories; it raises my ghosts.

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inspiration
why I write • faith • visual art

"Shockoe Bottom" © Jessica Juriga; Creative Commons license
Church Pew in Transit

Flash Nonfiction by Laura Page

The boy’s pulse listed as he helped me learn the jerk of the clutch.

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craft
advice • teaching • interviews

Douglas Cole (author photo)
Douglas Cole on Writing

Interview by Kelcey Parker

Dive into the dream and the unconscious ocean. Steal without guilt.

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stories
fiction • memoir • writer's life

Book Cover of Pin Ups (detail)
BMX Racers on My Wall

Memoir by Yi Shun Lai

I remember wanting to surf and ski from the minute I became cognizant these activities existed.

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poetry
featured poets • poetry spotlights

Emily Dickinson, Zombie

Theme Essay by Martha Nichols

Those who believe the fey little spinster never took off her ghostly white dress may require smelling salts.

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hot topics
from adoption to writerly sins...

"Beach Buoy" © Tom Hart
Why I Write About My Family

Theme Essay by Ruth Carmel

The glory and heartache of having your own family is there’s no possibility of staying out of the mess.

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