Creative Nonfiction
Along with two books of travel essays—Guatemalan Journey (University of Texas Press) and Green Dreams: Travels in Central America (Lonely Planet)—Stephen Benz has published essays in Creative…
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A Busload of Banjo Players
Creative Nonfiction
Jon Pearson is a writer, speaker, and artist. He has been published in numerous publications and was nominated for a 2014 Pushcart Prize. He lives in Los Angeles with his beautiful wife and writes now…
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Poetry
Chris Souza lives and works in Massachusetts. Previous publications include: Gulf Coast, Bellingham Review, Connecticut Review, New Delta Review, West Branch, and Laurel Review, among many others. Her…
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Fiction
Nathan Alling Long lives in Philadelphia and teaches creative writing and literature at Stockton University. His work appears in over a hundred publications, include Tin House, Glimmer Train, Story…
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Poetry
JJ Mitchell is an essayist who writes widely on environmental and socio-political issues for the Huffington Post and other publications. His poems have either appeared or are forthcoming in Tar River…
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Fiction
Fredric Sinclair grew up in Connecticut and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Jersey Devil Press, Chelsea Station, and Long River Review, among others. He…
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Fiction
Caitlin Mullen is a first year student in the Stony Brook Southampton MFA program. She received an MA in English from NYU and a BA in English from Colgate University. She lives in Brooklyn, where she…
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Narcissus Brings Me Flowers
Poetry
Leila Chatti is a Tunisian-American poet and received her MFA in poetry from North Carolina State University. The recipient of fellowships from Dickinson House and Quest Writers Conference and awards…
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Nocturne without Counterexample
Poetry
Jessica Goodfellow’s books are Mendeleev’s Mandala (Mayapple Press, 2015) and The Insomniac’s Weather Report (Isobar Press, 2014). Recipient of the Chad Walsh Poetry Prize from the Beloit Poetry…
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Poetry
Chris Harding Thornton is a seventh-generation Nebraskan who writes fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. She holds a BFA in creative writing from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, an MFA in…
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Poetry
Peter LaBerge is the author of the chapbook Hook (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2015), recently included on the American Library Association's Over the Rainbow List. His work appears in Beloit Poetry…
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Summer, in My Early Twenties
Poetry
Merrill Oliver Douglas lives in Vestal, NY, where she does freelance writing for trade magazines, university publications, businesses and nonprofits. She holds a BA from Sarah Lawrence College and an…
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There Are More Storm Clouds than What You See Outside Your Window
Poetry
Lisa Grove's poems and translations have appeared in Poetry, Beloit Poetry Journal, A cappella Zoo, and elsewhere. She lives in Los Angeles, where she's a senior editor for the California Journal of…
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Fiction
Christopher Green currently lives in Brooklyn, where he also hosts a monthly fiction reading series, The Prose Bowl, and its accompanying podcast. He holds an MA in English from the University of…
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Poetry
Robyn Anspach has an MFA from University of Michigan. She currently works as a data analyst at Google.
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Chris Harding Thornton
Bud, Dad, Bud:
Popper of Bennies.
Snorter of Crank.
Pincher of Barmaid Flanks.
Highway Hauler of
Sheet Metal Scraps,
Tar Covered Buckets,
Tarps and Carpet and
The Stink of Beer and Tacos.
Bud: The Provider.
Drunken and Jittery
Incidental Hunter of
Broke-Necked Pheasants,
Deer Limp With Head Trauma,
Rabbits Crushed Just Above
The Collar Lines of Kittens.
Granny dressed game
clobbered by
steel-belted radials,
the bug riddled grill,
the chrome bumper of
Bud’s Ford Econoline.
She never blinked, only
slit, gutted,
boiled, plucked,
skinned, gnawed off
heads with hacksaws.
Then she said grace.
On mismatched plates:
the sweet steam of grease
and rosemary.
On Bud’s beard and moustache:
a slick glisten.
In my mouth:
meat melted loose from the bone.
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