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The Pile of Skulls
27 November 2019 on Blog, StorystormFor five years, I’d been collecting rejection emails in a special inbox folder titled “The Pile of Skulls”. When the total approached one-hundred and thirty, the accumulated despair made me...
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Finding Poetry When You’re Stuck
13 November 2019 on Blog, StorystormSome weeks writing comes easy. Like a gift a context or idea appears and you run to the computer, journal, grocery receipt and draft out a poem quickly before it...
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MFA Kung Fu
30 October 2019 on StorystormAt the end of the summer, when the New Hampshire sky was a bright blue, I started my MFA program in creative nonfiction. When preparing for this new adventure in...
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Mystery in Poetry
23 October 2019 on Blog, StorystormMaybe it’s because it’s autumn now—it’s darker out and the neighbors' Halloween decorations are up and all the tourists have gone home so the seacoast is hushed—but I’m thinking about...
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Does Taking a Break Mean You’re a Lazy Failure?
17 October 2019 on Blog, StorystormThis past weekend, I was going to be super productive. I was going to revise an old story, draft the first few pages of a new one, write this blog...
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The Deadline Dilemma
10 October 2019 on Nonfiction, StorystormI work best on a deadline. When I’m feeling charitable, I tell myself it’s the journalist in me. Years of working under pressure, all those late nights in the newsroom....
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Entering the World of Poetry: The Lines that Changed Me
02 October 2019 on Blog, StorystormIn my poetry form and technique class we were discussing the lines that changed us, that made us into writers. This conversation stemmed from reading Light the Dark edited by Joe...
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Putting Pen to Page
19 September 2019 on Blog, StorystormSometimes, the most difficult part of writing is simply getting yourself to write. It’s easy to get distracted or overwhelmed by “real life,” to tell yourself that you’ll start working...
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Out with a Bang
03 May 2019 on Blog, Poetry, StorystormTwo of Barnstorm’s poetry readers are graduating from the MFA program this spring; before they head out, Milo and Morgan took the time to share their thoughts on the evolution...
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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...
