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The Writer’s Hot Seat: Maggie Thrash
22 March 2019 on BlogMaggie Thrash is the author and graphic artist of the memoirs Honor Girl (Candlewick 2015), a nominee for the Los Angeles Times Book Prizeand Lost Soul Be at Peace (Candlewick...
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The Writer’s Hot Seat: Peter Mishler
15 March 2019 on Blog, Poetry, The Writer's Hot SeatPeter Mishler is the author of Fludde (Sarabande, 2018), a book of poems selected for the Kathryn A. Morton prize in poetry by Dean Young, who said, “Fludde makes us feel,...
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Throwing the Orange
08 March 2019 on Fiction, StorystormRecently I read the short story collection Refund by Karen Bender. Her stories awakened something in me: I could finally make my characters do things! It sounds ridiculous, but I...
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The Writer’s Hot Seat: Keith O’Brien
22 February 2019 on Blog, Nonfiction, The Writer's Hot SeatKeith O’Brien’s bestselling 2018 release, Fly Girls, received rave reviews from the likes of The Wall Street Journal, Kirkus Reviews and Publisher’s Weekly, among many others, and was listed as...
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How We Select Poems to Publish
15 February 2019 on Blog, PoetryIn order to shed light on one aspect of the submission process, the Barnstorm poetry team answers the question, “How do you select poems for possible publication?” Morgan: When looking...
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The Thing I Call “Inspiration”
08 February 2019 on Fiction, StorystormI used to think that to be a writer, I have to be creative—to have a well of stories singing within me, to have dreams that will create either chaos...
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“A Hive for Water” by Fred Dale
01 February 2019 on Blog, PoetryA sealed, clear bag of water hung above the door, dusk’s sleepy light palmed in its many mirrored hands. The barman said it kept the bees away, proving, at the...
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What Do We Look For in Nonfiction Submissions?
01 February 2019 on Nonfiction, StorystormWe don’t read creative nonfiction just to be informed — we also want to be moved. All our readers have wonderfully distinct perspectives, and all are moved by different elements...
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Snowstorm: Winter Reading Recommendations
21 December 2018 on BlogIf you'd like to curl up with a good book this winter (or you need a last-minute gift) look no further than our winter reading recommendation list. From memoir to...
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The Score for a Voice
14 December 2018 on Poetry, Storystorm“Prosody is not much taught or talked about, since it was a form of institutional terrorism in the previous, metrical orthodoxy.” Robert Haas, Listening and Making Prosody is a spooky...
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Twelve Notes
07 December 2018 on BlogI can’t stop thinking about Sam Elliott. His thundering voice, yes, which has haunted me since I first saw the Christmas movie Prancer as a little girl. But more than...
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“The Heart” by Arlene Naganawa
30 November 2018 on Blog, PoetryA door opened into her body, a cavern, pinpricks like electric wasps. Her fingers dimmed like fireflies drained of light. So this is someone’s work, she thought, the dimpled spider...
