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media debate • books • movies

No One Is Coming to Save Us (Except Us)

A Call to Action by Martha Nichols

Don’t let the Court’s decision to overturn Roe—or the findings of the January 6 hearings—or the continuing disaster of climate change—make you give up.

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inspiration
why I write • faith • visual art

“Temple of Baal, Starry Sky” © Saïd Nuseibeh; used by permission
Mehrnoosh Torbatnejad: Two Poems

TW Featured Poetry

Climb until every pixel
 of the sky’s bloom falls directly into your view.

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craft
advice • teaching • interviews

Jane Hicks (detail; photo credit: Lisa Parker)
Jane Hicks: “I’m a Teacher at Heart”

TW Interview by Denton Loving

I want to inform students that history didn’t happen in a vacuum and is not confined to events in history books.

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stories
fiction • memoir • writer's life

"Sleeping Beauties in the Forest" © Gunnvor Karita
Woodland Wedding and Other Stories

Flash Fiction by Anna North

'What are you afraid of?' Carla asked. 'You can’t get hurt on your wedding day.'

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poetry
featured poets • poetry spotlights

Untitled painting © Mario Loprete; used by permission
Lightning Strikes the Dressing Room

Poetry by Michael Morell

Imagine buying a bottle of beer and dumping half out. It makes me shudder.

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hot topics
from adoption to writerly sins...

"Transforming Again" © Meg Birnbaum
The Random Facts of Life

Editor's Note by Martha Nichols

The intensity and obtuseness of family bonds is a mystery few of us tire of.

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