Why We Like It

“Remedial Weeding”: Why We Like It

“Remedial Weeding”: Why We Like It

Okay, blog-readers, get ready for our sixth pupil-dilating installment of  “Why We Like It”—weekly reflections by our  volunteers on why the good stuff in our pages is the good stuff in our pages. Little known fact: Our volunteers often act out the pieces they intend to write on, and the staff really enjoys these little …

“The Drowned Girl”: Why We Like It

“The Drowned Girl”: Why We Like It

As promised last Monday, here’s our most recent installment of “Why We Like it.”  It was almost a full month ago that graduate student and fiction writer Ian Wissman break-danced into our office because he was excited about a story. There’s nothing unusual about this. It’s a tradition in our office. Except this time Ian’s …

“Ghazal for Aurora Chasing the Deer”: Why We Like It

“Ghazal for Aurora Chasing the Deer”: Why We Like It

We’re already up to a month’s worth of “Why We Like It,” a weekly blog feature that highlights work from recent issues and provides a glimpse into the minds of the interesting volunteers who open your submission envelopes. This anonymous blogger’s mind resembles an overfed hamster on a rusty, cobweb-draped wheel, but thankfully poet and …

“Something Ancient”: Why We Like It

Enjoy our third weekly installment of “Why We Like It.”  Our first and second posts explain what it’s all about, so scroll down and check those out.  This week, we ran into fiction writer and PhD student Leah McCormack at the Cincinnati Zoo, wearing a hi-tech headband, talking excitedly to the simians. We asked the …

“In-Between Places”: Why We Like It

“In-Between Places”: Why We Like It

Here in our dusty corner of McMicken Hall, our ragtag group of editors, faculty, and graduate-student volunteers spend a lot of time passing around and discussing the work writers send us. Sometimes one of us stands on a rickety chair and effuses ebulliently about a manuscript he or she likes. Those are fun times, and …

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