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AWP 2019: I’ll Show You
26 April 2019 on StorystormAt my first AWP conference, I attended a panel titled “Unrealism: The True Art of Fantastic Fiction,” and I listened reverently as Carmen Maria Machado discussed the origin of her...
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Being Around People Who Get It
19 April 2019 on Blog, Nonfiction, StorystormEn route to the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference, I ran into a writer at the airport who I knew from my past life as a newspaper reporter....
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AWP: I didn’t do everything
12 April 2019 on Blog, Poetry, StorystormRemember:this is just one seaon one beach on oneplanet in onesolar system in onegalaxy. After thatthe scale increases, sothis is not the last word,and nothing else is talking back.It’s a...
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Spooling Heart onto the Page
29 March 2019 on Fiction, StorystormMaybe it’s ironic that the absence of a weakness I identify in my personal life is itself a weakness in my stories. What do I mean by that? I’ve long...
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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...
