My brother is seven and I am five. This is the unbridgeable expanse between us. It will always be that way. Another expanse between us, back then: he is a boy and I am a girl. He knows things that I don’t know. Like about the dicks on the urns.
In Issue 15.1, we debuted our plays-in-progress feature, curated by Drama Editor Brant Russell, with Association of Controlled Dreamers, by MJ Kaufman, which examines the nature of activism for young people today. This week, the play has a run at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), and we’re thrilled to present this behind-the-scenes …
Editorial Assistant Emma Faesi Hudelson: Shapes of Native Nonfiction, an anthology of essays by Native authors (University of Washington Press, forthcoming in June 2019), is a formidable entry into the swelling ranks of literary nonfiction. And it’s one that the nonfiction community—mostly white, me included—needs to pay attention to. As editors Elissa Washuta and Theresa …
We are happy to celebrate National Poetry Month by announcing our nominations for the Best New Poets anthology: Samantha Grenrock’s “This Was My Bulwark” (from Issue 15.1) and Kevin Phan’s “Punch Line” (from Issue 15.2)! Best New Poets is an annual anthology of fifty poems from emerging writers who haven’t yet published a full-length collection. Poets …
Associate Editor Caitlin Doyle: In “Postpartum,” Kate Sweeney approaches the subject of motherhood in fresh and bracing ways. Sweeney’s tonal deftness, an accomplished combination of humor and austerity, imbues the poem’s imagery with layers of ever-mutable meaning. The tension between tenderness and fierceness keeps readers just enough on edge to remind us that overly sentimental …
At one time or another, most authors will need a head shot. You could be publishing a piece with an online venue, building your author website, providing a photo to an organization that has recently awarded you a prize or a residency—you name it!
Assistant Editor Jess Jelsma Masterton: In Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction, Charles Baxter discusses how counterpoint narratives bring about implicit conflict. Two different perspectives are woven together in order to build tension through their juxtaposition. The characters may view a shared situation differently, or one speaker may withhold information from the other. The …
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