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media debate • books • movies

Adoption, Light and Dark

Book Review by David Biddle

Greene's memoir is alluring, almost like a reality TV show where you care about the characters.

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inspiration
why I write • faith • visual art

"Candles at a small Jewish alter near the Tomb of David" © Brian Jeffery Beggerly
From Mount Olympus to Mount Sinai

Theme Essay by Richard Zimler

The mystic's flexible and poetic approach to spirituality is precisely what we need in our era of religious intolerance and conflict.

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craft
advice • teaching • interviews

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Happy Twentieth Birthday, "Bird by Bird"

Tribute Essay by Kathy Curto

My paperback copy, first purchased in 2004, is tattered and coffee-stained with faded Post-it Notes.

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stories
fiction • memoir • writer's life

"Mom's Hands" © Danna § Curious Tangles; used by permission
Nancy Hands

Essay by Cherie Nelson

I see her reach for the bare-chested man with the homemade tattoos and the dog that doesn’t respond.

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poetry
featured poets • poetry spotlights

“Red Chair” © K. Carlton Johnson; used by permission
All We Don’t Know

Hybrid Poetry by H. K. Hummel

When I close my eyes, I see neon. I’m told the baby is stoic.

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hot topics
from adoption to writerly sins...

“Slinky” © Matías Ignacio Fernández Gaete; Creative Commons license
Isolation Hospital

Flash Essay by Kenneth Michael Stewart

It’s not the spasms or pain I remember, only the damp, hot, itchy, smelly strips of wool.

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