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Image via HBO IG: Lovecraft Country Episode 105: "Strange Case" cover by Salena Barnes (@salena.barnes) This past weekend I had the great pleasure of putting together a 10-minute podcast segment for The Inner Loop Radio's Quarantine Inspiration Series: Unearth bits of joy with Cija Jefferson, nonfiction writer and host of Writers & Words, a Baltimore …
Image courtesy of Linden Avenue Literary Journal Wednesday I found out I was nominated for Best of the Net 2019, for my Summer in a Bottle essay published in the Linden Avenue Literary Journal. Honestly I had never heard of Best of the Net, but after a little research discovered that it's been around since …
Welcome to Ben Tanzer’s compound, a magical place where there is, “…art, surfing, tacos and drinking, low slung stucco bungalows or ranch houses in Southern California…” Come through and stay if you like. I think you will. Know that Tanzer’s open about what’s important: family and a daily need to run and write. He’s also …
So here it is folks! A picture of multiple copies of my manuscript along with feedback from my lovely memoir team. Let the revisions begin…This is my brain post thesis class last night. A blur.This was the eerie reality to my 10:30 arrival at home after having been in class since 5:30. The fog was …
I’ve been a bad blogger. Correction, I’ve been so consumed by school that I struggle to find my inspiration as quickly as I used to. I also have a fascination with most things HBO and the RHO (insert every city but Miami) franchise. Note: I allow for OC due to their being the OGs of …
I’m just home post-Creativity class, the foundational course for my MFA in Creative Writing program. Tonight’s class featured The Aspen String Trio and us, the students. They played sections of a song, then followed-up each asking what mood the piece evoked. The first song was entitled ‘The Girl is Mad at Me’; as we listened …
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press53: Congratulations to Todd Dulaney, whose story “Chance of a Lifetime” won last week’s 53-word story contest. Todd wins the Press 53 publication of his choice and a chance at getting his story published in Prime Number Magazine. The winning story appears below. Chance of a Lifetime … Press 53: 53-Word Story Winner (9/20-9/25): Todd …
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…say the title like Kelly, my favorite chic on Misfits I absolutely love my memoir class! Love is such an overused word but for lack of a better one at the moment I’ll keep it. I actually enjoy my reading assignments and the subtlety of learning in this graduate program. I really do feel like …
Hello Kitty pencil case, markers, crayons, glue sticks, construction paper, stickers and scissors are just some of the supplies needed for my creativity class, my foundational course for my MFA program. I used all of the above for our assignments this past week which consisted of bird watching, beginning to copy a poem into our …
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