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media debate • books • movies

"Edward Snowden at Upper Canada College, World Affairs Conference 2015" © Roger Sheaffe; Creative Commons License
Dear Edward Snowden

Open Letter by J.p. Lawrence

I don’t know if I would have done what you did under the same circumstances.

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inspiration
why I write • faith • visual art

"Journal of Universal Rejection" Coffee Mug © Tilemahos Efthimiadis; Creative Commons license
Desperately Seeking Acceptance

Essay by Janet Garber

I gather my writing buddies around me for warmth and continue the struggle.

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craft
advice • teaching • interviews

Robert Olen Butler: "The Danger of Wanting to Be a Writer”

TW Interview by Lorraine Berry

When people get frustrated because they don’t know what the book is about, it’s because they’re trying to turn it into a college term paper.

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stories
fiction • memoir • writer's life

Liliane's Balcony: A Novella of Fallingwater

Novella Excerpt by Kelcey Parker

Not that Stoops would stoop to servants’ quarters; Stoops would stow herself away in the husband’s room. Liliane winces, takes another pill for her pain.

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poetry
featured poets • poetry spotlights

"What Are You Looking At?"—stencil by Banksy © nolifebeforecoffee; Creative Commons license
What the NSA Knows

Poem by Lucille Lang Day

...who sent you a link to her reading in Houston, who wants the name of your publicist....

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hot topics
from adoption to writerly sins...

Alivio

Theme Essay by Inez Holger

At the end of summer, tiny frogs swarmed on the long sliver of beach by the pond, darkening the sand.

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