Sept/Oct 2012: Writerly Sins

 

Artwork in this Issue

 

“Manor House WC”Featured Artist: Andre Govia
  • Talking E-News;
  • “Cancer Is a Killer, and So Am I”
  • September cover
  • Yawping Wild
  • “Word Fracking”

 

“Cultivate Your Dreams”Featured Artist: Isabelle Cardinal

  • Editor’s Note
  • October cover
  • Image Essay: Seven Deadly Sins

 

 

 

 

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“Subterranean” © Isabelle Cardinal

The Devil Made Me Write It

Editor's Note by Martha Nichols

If human beings were perfect, there would be no stories.

New pieces will appear on the Table of Contents as they publish throughout the issue cycle.

 


Theme for this Issue

Writerly Sins : Vanity: My Favorite Sin by Bianca Garcia
Writerly Sins : Envy: The Beautiful Monster by Ann Lightcap Bruno
Writerly Sins : Sloth: The Slyest of Sins by Jeremiah Horrigan
Sex, Writerly Sins : Lust: The Literary Courtesan by Lorraine Berry
Food, Writerly Sins : Gluttony: The Good Eater by Emily Toth
Writerly Sins : Wrath: The Tiger Inside by Martha Nichols
Writerly Sins : Hoarding: The Flesh House by Karen J. Ohlson

Art

Mixed Media, Writerly Sins : Writers and Devils by Various Artists and Writers
Mixed Media, Writerly Sins : Seven Deadly Sins by Isabelle Cardinal

Trends and Reviews

Book Reviews, Music : Why We Read Memoirs by Musicians by Fred Setterberg
Media Debate : Can You Trust Online Reviews? by David Biddle
Media Debate, Diversity, Journalism : “A Woman’s Place” in the NYT Book Review by Lorraine Berry and Martha Nichols
Screen Time : "The Words": Lit With a Capital L by Martha Nichols
Teaching, Diversity : What Students Need: a BS Detector by Lorraine Berry
Media Debate, Journalism : Hurray for Digital Magazines! by Martha Nichols

Why I Write

Why I Write, Grief : Regarding the Golden Monster by Wm. Anthony Connolly
Why I Write, Distraction : Word Fracking by Joe McGonegal

Columns

Writerly Sins, Yawping Wild : Dylan’s Bricks, Dickinson’s Bee by Steven Lewis

Fiction

Short Stories : Cancer Is a Killer, and So Am I by Mark Brazaitis

Interviews

Featured Interview : Nichole Bernier: “The Mother of All Bonfires” by Lorraine Berry
Featured Interview, Screen Time : Jo Miller: “A Four-Foot-Tall Fran Lebowitz” by Lorraine Berry
Becoming a Writer : Mark Brazaitis on Writing by Kelcey Parker

Poetry

Featured Poetry : Athena Kildegaard: Poem by Athena Kildegaard
Book Reviews, About Poetry : Jan Steckel's Skeletons by Lucille Lang Day

Personal Stories

Writer's Life, Distraction : Ode to Banana Bread by Fran Cronin