The Writer's Hot Seat
The Writer’s Hot Seat: Katie Peterson
05 December 2019 on Blog, The Writer's Hot SeatThis past November, poet Katie Peterson gave a reading from her new book, A Piece of Good News, at the University of New Hampshire, followed by a Q&A session with...
Poetry
“Habit” by Gail Martin
29 November 2019 on PoetryThat was the day I began to paint the rabbitwith a flat straw hat, a smaller rabbit on top of that, another hat, a caption that says, “When My Feelings Have Feelings.”...
Storystorm
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...
Nonfiction
“Emboli” by Jennifer Phipps
15 November 2019 on NonfictionLast weekend you wore long, loose shorts. Your workout clothes— billowing, breathable black t-shirt and those silky, baggy shorts—obstructed my view. I’d wanted to see your legs. But when I...
Storystorm
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...
Poetry
“Clouds” by Amanda Span
08 November 2019 on PoetryMy father couldburn holes in the cloudswith the power of his mind: Watch, he says,looking at the stretchof sky above us, a sheet on the sandbeneath our backs. Right there. He...
Fiction
“Water in the Desert” by Clare Wilson
01 November 2019 on Fiction“I can see it—” Eva said. “How the sky will stretch like a blue sheet between the peaks.” Ray stared through the sunroof of her VW bus. He almost expected...
Storystorm
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...
Poetry
“Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation” by Katherine Fallon
25 October 2019 on PoetryI. Heather, in your dream my loved ones were dunking and holding me underwater as treatment. Everyone, you say, seemed to believe this was a good idea. In truth, your...
Storystorm
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...
Storystorm
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...
Nonfiction
“Aubergine” by Cara Lynn Albert
11 October 2019 on Blog, Nonfiction“His name is Eggplant,” said John as we examined his dying fish inside the large aquarium in the middle of his living room. This was before we started dry humping...
