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media debate • books • movies

"My Reading Stats So Far" © Louise Yang
Amazon, Where’s My Readfit?

TW Column by David Biddle​

I’d like to think I average at least 10,000 words a day on my Kindle when I’m using it, but right now, I have no idea how much I read.

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inspiration
why I write • faith • visual art

"Into the Woods" © A.P.; used by permission
To the Curly-Haired Barista

Performance Poetry by Megan LeAnne

When I asked about your tea selection, what I really meant to say was Goddamn you’re pretty.

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craft
advice • teaching • interviews

Jen Cross
Author Talk: Jen Cross

Video Interview by Elizabeth McShane

Many sexual trauma survivors find themselves living a messy reality.

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stories
fiction • memoir • writer's life

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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poetry
featured poets • poetry spotlights

A lot of rain © Patrick Feller
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: Two Poems

Iris Jamahl Dunkle: Two Poems

Let the rain spell out a truth on the tin roof above our sleeping heads

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hot topics
from adoption to writerly sins...

Posters at School of Rock (Seattle) © Bridget Christian; Creative Commons license
The Things You Can’t Teach

TW Column by Steven Lewis

There is just something wrong with adults teaching kids how to be rockers.

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