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media debate • books • movies

Gretchen Carlson, Bill Kilmeade, and Steve Doocy; United States Marine Corps; public domain
Dear Gretchen Carlson, Formerly of Fox News

Open Letter by Martha Nichols

When I read liberal commenters damning you with faint praise, I see ugly attitudes about women exposed.

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inspiration
why I write • faith • visual art

"Candles at a small Jewish alter near the Tomb of David" © Brian Jeffery Beggerly
From Mount Olympus to Mount Sinai

Theme 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.

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craft
advice • teaching • interviews

"Stones" © Rachel Kramer; Creative Commons license
In Search of Small Stones

Theme Essay by Carla M. Wilson

Happy holidays from Talking Writing! As a gift to yourself, try the writerly 'New Year's Challenge' offered with this piece.

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stories
fiction • memoir • writer's life

"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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poetry
featured poets • poetry spotlights

"Thelemic Magic Square" © Kyla Clay; Creative Commons license
Marion Deutsche Cohen: Poem

TW Poetry Spotlight

Bruce is reading Wuthering Heights, I’m curling up with Numerical Semigroups.

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hot topics
from adoption to writerly sins...

“Floor Shadows” © Diane G. Martin; used by permission
Balcony

Memoir by Mark Brazaitis

On the Fourth of July, I convinced myself there was hope.

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