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Today’s post is written by Kate Wisel. We published her short story “Benny’s Bed” in our Spring 2015 issue. “Benny’s Bed” was born out of a story a friend told at 3 a.m. as we were falling asleep in my college living room. In short, when she was in high school, her friend’s boyfriend died of a […]
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Today’s post is written by Kathleen Glassburn. We published her conversation with Laura Madeline Wiseman—“On Plotting the Dime Novel“ —in our Spring 2015 issue. Sometimes I’m overwhelmed by all the options. I’m talking about the deluge of email invitations and announcements. I often wonder: Should I do this? Should I sign up for this? Should I stop everything and re-write a story […]
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Today’s post is written by Ruth Foley. We published two of her poems in our Spring 2015 issue. Both “Testament” and “With Love, The Choice” are, at heart, about how little control we have over what we leave. I’m fascinated with loss—as so many poets are—and I had been thinking quite a bit about how little loss […]
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Today’s post is written by Keith Moul. We published a series of his photographs, Urban Memphis Sights, in our Spring 2015 issue, which were inspired by a road trip similar to the following. I hate 10-hour flights. Travel by car is my recreation. All I want is room at the side of the road to turn […]
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Today’s post is written by Peter Munro. We published his poem “Though I Speak in Tongues of Ravens” in our Spring 2015 issue. Crows, Ravens, and Keeping Faith Crows season the poem “Though I Speak in Tongues of Ravens.” It is true that crows are salted in only minor murders. It is also true that […]
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Today’s post is written by Rebecca Taylor Fremo. We published her nonfiction piece “Here There Be Snakes” in our Spring 2015 issue. I replayed that experience at Minneopa Falls in my head more times than I can count, stunned that something so seemingly innocent could transform itself into something so treacherous in the blink of […]
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Today’s post is written by Erin Redfern. We published her poem “The Baths” in our Spring 2015 issue. Do other poets feel drifty at times? When both reading and writing, I like a poem that anchors me to an identifiable place. “The Baths” is a tether to a sulphur hot tub at the very edge […]
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Today’s post is written by our fiction director, Kat Gonso. For years, I talked myself out of attending a writers’ conference. I’m not good enough. What if I don’t make any friends? It’s too much money. Each spring I’d wistfully review the websites and begin writing my Bread Loaf application before snapping my computer shut, […]
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Update: Our Spring 2015 issue is now live! Read it here. Our Spring 2015 issue is just around the corner, and it’s shaping up to be a great one! Right now we’re preparing all our edited pieces and will send out final proofs to our contributors shortly. We hope to publish the issue before the […]
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Last week we welcomed Eva Langston to our masthead as our new features editor. Eva was one of the contributors to our inaugural issue back in Spring 2013. You can read that story, “Silver Man,” here. Eva Langston received her MFA from the University of New Orleans in 2009, the same year she won 3rd place […]
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Margaret Atwood calls Story Is a State of Mind, “Smart, encouraging, practical”.
Suzannah, editor here at Compose, has previously reviewed of Story Is a State of Mind and says that joining Sarah’s program was “one of the best investments I’ve ever made in my writing.”
