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Ben Purkert © Siddhartha Sinha; used by permission
Ben Purkert: Sinister, Brutal, and Honest

TW Interview by David Cameron

Whoever is holding the book is the beloved in some sense.

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inspiration
why I write • faith • visual art

Detail from "The Malevolent Guild of Pastry Chefs" © John Peacock; used by permission
The Malevolent Guild of Pastry Chefs

Comic by John Peacock

Okay, class! Today we will make a cream bun.

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advice • teaching • interviews

William Robinson: “The Quick Whip of a Sentence”

TW Interview by Rebecca Meacham

I didn't intentionally start out by saying "I'm going to write about a character who is ‘immoderately adrift.’

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stories
fiction • memoir • writer's life

"Fine Art Cracks RSP (16)" © Molly Gochman; used by permission
Night Fishing

Personal Essay by Sara Hubbs

Have you ever recoiled from your own newborn?

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Mary Cresswell: Math Poetry

TW Poetry Spotlight

I want the blood to stay liquid, the bones never to rise again...

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"Hellroaring Creek Hike" © Tom Zegler; Creative Commons license
Scattered Bones

Flash Nonfiction by Jeri Edwards

We kneel beside a perfect print of a mountain lion on the sandy bar.

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