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media debate • books • movies

A Few Words About Nora Ephron

Memorial Essay by Martha Nichols

It's hard to believe she's no longer kvetching and skewering so many things that need skewering—always with a pretty wink."

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inspiration
why I write • faith • visual art

"Conques" © stephrox; Creative Commons license
Pilgrim, Mother

Essay by Elisabeth Hedrick-Moser

Every walk I took with my daughter, the world opened before me as if newly created.

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craft
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

Always an Orphan

Personal Essay by David Biddle

For the first forty years of my life, I was quite happy as an adopted child who knew nothing about his origins.

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poetry
featured poets • poetry spotlights

Perfect" © Jill Slaymker; used by permission
Oasis

Poem by Lucille Lang Day

Where does meaning lurk in a universe where mountains are mangy from fires and logging?

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hot topics
from adoption to writerly sins...

Steve Almond: “So Much Sensual Data to Be Mined"

TW Interview by David Cameron

In any honest story, you try to build an emotional ramp to the moments that matter.

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