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Poetry: Serious. Not That Serious.
Poetry: Serious. Not That Serious.
14 April 2014 on Blog, Poetry: Serious. Not That Serious.This week Barnstorm poetry presents three more poems chosen by three more dextrous minds of the editorial staff. Enjoy them, enjoy yourself, enjoy the pillows under your head, and the...
Poetry: Serious. Not That Serious.
Poetry: Serious. Not That Serious
07 April 2014 on Blog, Poetry: Serious. Not That Serious.After a year hiatus, "Poetry: Serious. Not That Serious" is back just in time for National Poetry Month. April is the (cruel) month where we celebrate the first nuanced thaw...
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22 May 2013 on Blog, LinkstormAs promised, today is the last ever Linkstorm. I am stepping down as the Editor-in-Chief of Barnstorm, though I'll be staying involved in an Editor Emeritus capacity. Amy Sauber will...
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Wednesday Linkstorm
15 May 2013 on LinkstormHere's a list of 65 books you need to read in your 20s. Kinda hate when people tell me what I "need to do" in my twenties. Like I "have...
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Wednesday Linkstorm
08 May 2013 on Blog, LinkstormHappy 76th today to Thomas Pynchon. And happy Pynchon In Public Day to us all. Break out your homemade Tristero shirts, nerdy boys. I won't even say anything about how...
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Wednesday Linkstorm
01 May 2013 on Blog, LinkstormHello friends. It's the last week of school (forever, for me!) and it's finally 65 and sunny in NH, which means people are going full 1990s Malibu out there. Rollerblading...
Nonfiction Pizza Party
Nonfiction Pizza Party
30 April 2013 on Blog, Nonfiction Pizza PartyIn Part Two of the Nonfiction Pizza Party Rest in Peace Pizza Party (NPPRIPPP), Barnstorm Editor-in-Chief Erin Somers and I talk books I need to read, novel writing, and how...
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Wednesday Linkstorm
24 April 2013 on Blog, LinkstormGeorge Saunders wrote a thing about his computer desktop for The Guardian, and it's very funny and sweet. Also includes a not-to-be-missed photograph he has in his office of the...
Nonfiction Pizza Party
Nonfiction Pizza Party
23 April 2013 on Blog, Nonfiction Pizza PartyIn a few weeks, I will finish my MFA at UNH, and I've decided to retire Nonfiction Pizza Party. To celebrate my time at Barnstorm, I asked Editor-in-Chief Erin Somers...
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Wednesday Linkstorm
17 April 2013 on Blog, LinkstormCongrats to Adam Johnson, who just won the fiction Pulitzer for The Orphan Master's Son. Congrats, too, to the committee on choosing a winner this year. Also re: the Pulitzer,...
Poetry: Serious. Not That Serious.
Poetry: Serious. Not That Serious
11 April 2013 on Blog, Poetry: Serious. Not That Serious.In honor of National Poetry Month, here are 5 books I've recently gotten my greedy little fingers and curious eyes on. I haven't been this excited about a batch...
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10 April 2013 on Blog, LinkstormIn case you're a lazy slug person and this is your only source of news, legendary movie critic Roger Ebert died last week. In a desperate bid to make me...
