by Maddie King
“The words ‘genre’ and ‘hybrid’ actually make me uneasy . . . when you’re writing, the work doesn’t care what you call it.” Continue reading
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“The Heart Is a Pump”: An Excerpt from Paul Seward’s Patient Care
by Paul Seward
It is not simply that its construction and mechanism permit this single small pump to push our entire blood supply through our lungs, then through our body and back again. It is also that, beginning well before we are born, it does that exercise approximately once every second for our entire life. Continue reading
The Origins of Opportunity
by Sonya Terjanian
Self actualization is by nature an inwardly-focused pursuit, but we must try to do it with our eyes open . . . understanding the origins of our opportunity, supporting others on the same journey, and lifting up those who weren’t born with the same privilege. Continue reading
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Not Fearless But Brave: Q&A with Sharon Solwitz
by Evelyn Somers
“I feared the possibility that my potential . . . was a joke or a ruse, or it had vanished somewhere in the wilds of India or acid trips or too much Diet Coke.” Continue reading
A Book for the Moment: On Helen Weinzweig’s Basic Black With Pearls
by Martha Anne Toll
Weinzweig published her first novel at age fifty-eight. Given her mastery of the form, it is tempting to speculate that in a different era, she might have been able to take her writing seriously at an earlier age. Continue reading
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A Lonely, Glorious Art: Q & A with Meena Alexander
by Shoba Viswanathan
“Poetry is such a lonely art; that is also its glory. You get to listen to the voices in your head, which in a mysterious way connect you to the shared earth and your own body.” Continue reading
One Novelist’s Addiction to Fiction: The Lost Titles of an Ancient Writer
by Ed Protzel
I wondered if there were some lost gems in these pages, some good ideas, some decent writing. I was a pretty intense, creative person when I was young. Maybe some of these early efforts could yet pay off. Continue reading
