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trends
media debate • books • movies

Do Fans Love Authors or Their Books?

Theme Essay by Martha Nichols

I'd rather a writer like Díaz grabs some of the action than, say, Justin Bieber.

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inspiration
why I write • faith • visual art

Kathy's Wedding; courtesy of Nelson Leissner; used by permission
The Communion of Saints

Theme Essay by Jo Scott-Coe

I don’t delude myself that writing an essay can somehow undo an act of violence.

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craft
advice • teaching • interviews

What’s a Creative Writing Program Good For?

Book Review by Fred Setterberg

More than a few graduates do recollect the Workshop’s warts: episodes of cutthroat competition, the classroom’s sexual jungle.

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stories
fiction • memoir • writer's life

“Ancestors” © Henry M. Diaz; Creative Commons license
Closed System

Flash Nonfiction by Autumn Stephens

The problem with ancestors is how they manifest negativity.

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poetry
featured poets • poetry spotlights

"C-Curve—Anish Kapoor" © Dominic Alves; Creative Commons license
Witnessed in the Convex Mirror

Poem by Eileen Tabios

I notice buds late to their blossoming, a flaw that makes one realize sunlight offers no clues.

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hot topics
from adoption to writerly sins...

Porcelain Bones

TW Column by Judith A. Ross

I’d never witness her body’s natural aging process—her bones becoming brittle, her hair turning white.

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