DEAD MAN’S FLOAT by Jim Harrison, Reviewed by Alex McCormick
Dead Man's Float Jim Harrison Copper Canyon Press 2016 ISBN 978-I-55659-445-8 107 pages Reviewed by ALEX McCORMICK Despite its grim title, Dead Man’s Float opens with a whimsically meta poem titled “Where Is Jim Harrison?” Jim Harrison himself tells us that “He fell...
Teaching Modern Students an Ancient Art: Poetry, By Liv Kressler
Beginning at a young age, I would sit in Language Arts class, listening to the lectures regarding symbolism, hyperbole, metaphor, extended metaphor, you name it. And while the importance of these literary elements should be emphasized and taught at a young age, I’ve...
Writing For A Podcast: Dames And Dragons With Kat Faye, By Kaitlin Hatman
INTERVIEW With Kat Faye, Dungeon Master of D&D podcast, Dames and Dragons Earlier this year I had the pleasure of sitting down to interview Kat Faye, the Dungeon Master of a D&D podcast called Dames and Dragons. I got the chance to talk to her about some of...
Screen Time: How That TV Habit Could Help Your Writing, By Ash Flaim
As writer, you’re always told to read, read, read. You’re told to steal and learn from fellow authors. For some, this gives the impression that one can only learn how to write from written words. Wrong! You can learn a lot from watching TV shows. I tend to watch TV...
Writer’s Block: 7 Famous Writers Prove You’re Not Alone, By Liv Kressler
When it comes to writer’s block, we authors, poets, and the like, tend to avoid the subject like a fatal disease. As if when we talk about it, it will catch us. The mere thought of locking up with a pencil in hand, blank computer screen, or empty mind, frightens...
Twin Cities Open Mic Comedy: 5 Places to Practice Your Funny, By Danny Andrews
Writers need to be able to speak in front of an audience if they ever hope to get their work read. For many of us this is a daunting task not easily achieved. Many prefer the seclusion of a coffee shop to being center stage, but eventually you may have to read your...
Not Too Close: Emotional Distance In Creative Nonfiction, By Connor Byrne
While reading through our creative nonfiction submissions, the topic of emotional distance of the author from their work, is brought up more than anything else. Sometimes we feel a piece is too emotionally close to the subject matter; other times it feels too distant...
Using Personal Tragedy In Your Work: Tension is the Heartbeat of the Story, By Courtney Yokes
Everyone has experienced tragedy in their life. Whether it was devastating, damaging, unforgettable, and maybe in the end repairable, we’ve all experienced pain. We have to in order to appreciate happiness, love, and y’know all that crap worth living for. Here’s the...
3 Hip Hop Songs That Must Be Read On The Page, By Alex McCormick
Many music listeners are primarily exposed to the music that is promoted by streaming services like Spotify, TV Shows, and radio stations. Unfortunately much of what is promoted on these services is dictated by what is going to make them money, and history has...
Writing Outside of Yourself, By Taylor Elgarten
Living in a world surrounded by people that don’t quite share your beliefs, you find yourself stopping. Having to write from a perspective that is commonplace to you, but “other” to the person sitting next to you. I write as a Jewish person. I write from that place of...
Seven Gift Ideas For The Poet On Your List, by J.R. Selmi
Whether it’s for an upcoming holiday or a birthday, here are 7 gift ideas for celebrating the main poet in your life—from the unique to the necessary—that they will love. Empower Tools Let them know their poetry is better than that cheap plastic stapler they’ve had...
A Case for Fanfiction, By Kaitlin Hatman
Fanfiction has a certain stigma in the literary community as being Less Than original works, written by tweens with Mary Sue’s and self inserts, or just riddled with typos and clichés, but it fulfills two very specific purposes in the lives of young writers and...
