Writers of the Week

Benjamin LeeJuly 7, 2017

Joanna C. Valente twitter: @joannasaid A human who lives in Brooklyn, New York, and is the author of Sirs & Madams (Aldrich Press, 2014), The Gods Are Dea...

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Benjamin LeeJune 30, 2017

Alex Vigue twitter: @Kingwithnoname He is a queer poet and storyteller from Washington State with a degree in creative writing from Western Washington Univer...

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Benjamin LeeJune 23, 2017

Maggie Su twitter: @litmagreject She is a recent Indiana University MFA graduate whose work has appeared or is forthcoming in Joyland, Mid-American Review, The ...

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Read This, Watch That: Paperback Defenses

Claire HoppleJune 17, 2017

“Death the abstract, death the concept was no preparation for the drawn out dumb confusion of death the specific. Really a wonder any living gets done, all this...

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Benjamin LeeJune 16, 2017

Mia Reedy Herman twitter: @mia_reedy Born in Boston, living in Brooklyn, she is a rising senior in the BFA writing program at Pratt Institute. While her day j...

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Benjamin LeeJune 9, 2017

Nicholas Bon twitter: @1000000horses He lives near Atlanta, Georgia, where he is still trying to figure out what to do with his life. He plays guitar, listens...

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Benjamin LeeJune 2, 2017

Alina Stefanescu twitter: @aliner  Alina was born in Romania and raised in Alabama. She never wanted children-- but she has three that blow her mind. She neve...

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Benjamin LeeMay 26, 2017

Melissa R. Sipin twitter: @_insiang Nicknamed "small but terrible" by her lola, she started writing when she was five years old. Her first nonfiction essay was ...

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POETS NOT TALKING ABOUT POETRY: DOROTHEA LASKY

Kyle FlakMay 21, 2017

Dorothea Lasky is the author of five books of poetry, including the forthcoming Milk (Wave Books, 2018), as well as ROME (W.W. Norton/Liveright, 2014). She ...

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Read This, Watch That: You’d Better See Me Dance

Claire HoppleMay 20, 2017

“She did philosophy in college and I said she could be an x-ray technician and still read her philosophy books and have a good paycheck and a skill she could mo...

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Benjamin LeeMay 19, 2017

Michelle Lyn King twitter: @michellelynking The first place her work was published was a Mandy Moore fanfiction site in 2002. She works as the Managing Editor f...

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Benjamin LeeMay 12, 2017

Dane Hamann   He lives with his girlfriend and three cats in an old canal town that’s surprisingly one of the hillier suburbs of Chicago. When he finds th...

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Benjamin LeeMay 4, 2017

Su Cho twitter: @su__cho  She grew up here and there in Indiana playing soccer and volleyball. For the past three years, she's enjoyed kayaking in the lakes a...

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Benjamin LeeApril 28, 2017

Laura Villareal twitter: @earthandstars She lives in a tiny town in Texas with more cows than people and teaches English at an all-girls high school in San An...

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Benjamin LeeApril 21, 2017

Katie Condon twitter: @KATIE2CONDON She is a poet and basketball enthusiast who, two years later, still grieves Steve Nash’s retirement. Before moving to Knox...

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Benjamin LeeApril 14, 2017

Annabelle Carvell twitter: @AnnabelleCSyn She often writes about fractured relationships that are quietly imploding; those little moments that make you go oh ...

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POETS NOT TALKING ABOUT POETRY: KYLE MCCORD

Kyle FlakApril 8, 2017

Kyle McCord is the author of five books of poetry including National Poetry Series Finalist Magpies in the Valley of Oleanders (Trio House 2016). His work h...

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Benjamin LeeApril 7, 2017

Cade Leebron twitter: @CadeyLadey   She is currently finishing up her MFA at The Ohio State University, where she serves as an editor at The Journal. ...

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Benjamin LeeApril 1, 2017

Juliet Escoria twitter: @julietescoria She writes books that she thinks are funny, but most other people seem to find them depressing. People who like them of...

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Benjamin LeeMarch 24, 2017

Kevin Bertolero twitter: @KevinBertolero A recent graduate of Potsdam College, Kevin has spent three and a half years studying American literature, philosophy...

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Benjamin LeeMarch 17, 2017

Hannah Gordon twitter: @_hannanicole   She wrote about five separate drafts of fantasy novels by the age of eighteen. She thinks they're awful and vaguely...

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Read This, Watch That: No Gutshot, No Glory

Claire HoppleMarch 11, 2017

Picture that trite analogy of a car wreck from which you can’t look away. Okay, now amplify it and evolve it into a delightfully visceral set of absurdist tales...

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Benjamin LeeMarch 10, 2017

Libby Flores twitter: @libbytheflores She writes about broken men, and the tiny moments that shift a life. She was chosen as one of eight writers in the Unite...

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Benjamin LeeMarch 3, 2017

Eve Kenneally twitter: @eveveve418 A freelance writer and recent alumna of the MFA program at the University of Montana. Her poetry discusses pop culture, gen...

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Benjamin LeeFebruary 24, 2017

Jerome C. Keith twitter: @JeromeKeith76 Filmmaker. Current editor-in-chief for Loyal University's undergraduate journal Reader's Response. He writes scripts, ...

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Benjamin LeeFebruary 17, 2017

Nadine Nabass   As a young poet, she enjoys experimenting ruthlessly in her work with a distinct and unapologetic style of poetry. With a diverse backgrou...

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Read This, Watch That: The Spotted and Exiled

Claire HoppleFebruary 11, 2017

“You can feel them poking at you, trying to draw the pain out of your body with a syringe...You think how painful it would be if your pain were taken from you.”...

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Benjamin LeeFebruary 10, 2017

Safia Elhillo twitter: @mafiasafia She is the author of the collection, The January Children, a deeply personal collection of poems that describe the experien...

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Benjamin LeeFebruary 3, 2017

Kamden Hilliard twitter: @KamdenHilliard Kam wanted to be a scientist, but isn't. Instead, they are a reader at Gigantic Sequins, an editor at Jellyfish Magaz...

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Benjamin LeeJanuary 27, 2017

Aline Dolinh twitter: @alinedolinh A writer from the D.C. suburbs who currently draws most of her inspiration from 80's synthpop, female-driven horror movies,...

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