This summer, The Chautauqua Institution in New York launched a new program for young writers, which Kenyatta Rogers of the Chicago High School of the Arts and I taught at. Read an article about the new program in The Chautauquan Daily.
“Cold Light” in Atticus Review
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“Malena” in the Texas Observer
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“Playing on the Ladder with Micro-Fiction”
Here is a short essay of mine in Fiction Southeast on teaching with Dave Eggers’ short-short story, “How the Water Feels to the Fishes.”
Unstitched States
I am honored to be a participant in Unstitched States, a collaborative quilt created by artists and writers and edited by Gretchen Henderson and Allison Dalton. The quilt is meant to serve as a humble statement of inclusivity and solidarity. It is “a testament to the principles of equality and dignity. A record of and reaction to our US in 2017; a piecing together of our future.”
On quilting, Gretchen Henderson says, “Quilting is an often overlooked craft…However, quilting summons many associations that make it an apt metaphor for this project: fostering community (through quilting circles/bees); reusing materials for functional reasons of necessity and warmth (often gifted); re-membering history and bequeathing a legacy; humility; co-creating and crafting new patterns; portable to take wherever you go (in this case across country and across borders); and often considered ‘women’s work,’ among other associations.”
In the spirit of stitching together divides, we have left blank spaces in our quilt to invite visitors to think about how they would contribute to this quilt, or even start a new quilt. However you define “community” and “quilt,” we invite you to stitch across the borders in your midst.
Rose Metal Press Short Short Chapbook Contest Opens!
It’s short-short season (at least for Rose Metal Press)!
Their short-short chapbook contest is open for submissions from November 1 to December 1, and now includes nonfiction manuscripts as well. This year’s contest is judged by Amelia Gray.
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Upcoming Idyllwild Reading
“Night Window” in The Kenyon Review
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“Vaquera” in Flash Fiction Online
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“The Carousel” in Fiction Writers Review, Stories We Love
Emily Hoover discusses “The Carousel” from The Kind of Girl in Fiction Writers Review.