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media debate • books • movies

Hitchcock Got “Rebecca” Dead Wrong

Theme Essay by Elizabeth Langosy

Poor Manderley. You are now possessed by Rebecca—or at least by her enormous head.

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inspiration
why I write • faith • visual art

“Gregory Ojakpe Revisit” © Betty Southerland; used by permission
Betty Southerland: “There Are No Mistakes”

TW Interview by Donna Tallent

I watched my creative friends and learned how they made time for art: They stole their time back from the things that didn’t matter.

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advice • teaching • interviews

Katie Cortese
Katie Cortese on Writing

Interview by Kelcey Parker

Not everyone will care if you persist, so it’s up to you to provide the momentum.

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stories
fiction • memoir • writer's life

Green Among the Bones

Theme Essay by Marc Schiffman

The land seemed tortured, as if the vegetation had been slashed and burned.

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poetry
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"Cow!?" © Florida Fish and Wildlife; Creative Commons license
Mad Cows

Poem by Margaret Young

I have a problem with mad anything except in adverb form.

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from adoption to writerly sins...

Would You Ever Take a Bullet for Someone?

Personal Essay by Jon Wolfman

I still wonder if learning to write in another language is like taking a leap into space.

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