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Tania Hershman

Josephine Corcoran wrote 3 months ago:         Baby in a jar There was just one left, And the shelf seemed so bare and … more →

Tags: Poetry, Tania Hershman, baby in a jar

Gifts in the Valley9 comments

kathrynmartins1 wrote 1 year ago: The Surprised Orchids I’m not sure if you remember Dusty Lee from an older post devoted to my … more →

Tags: trinidad, writing, nonfiction, nature writing, Contrary Blog, Antoni Gaudi, Creative Nonfiction

"Yes."28 comments

kathrynmartins1 wrote 1 year ago: I am grateful to say that my first story, “There,” has been published by Contrary, an on … more →

Tags: writing, Stories, Nature, Story, Fiction, Short Story, contrary, Birds, nature writing

Hannah Stephenson

markdavidnoble wrote 1 year ago: Hannah Stephenson I found yet another good reason to enjoy the Contrary Magazine site today. Hannah … more →

Tags: Acts of Art, Hannah Stephenson, the storialist, huffington post, Jimmy Kimmel

LONG

davidbacker wrote 1 year ago: Ringing phones start too many stories. … more →

Tags: Long, Dolan Morgan

Rejections #184, 185, 186, 187 - Contrary, Redivider, Bete Noire, Shotgun Honey

Court Merrigan wrote 1 year ago: Contray was so fond of my submission they invited me to submit again.  To the next issue. Shotgun Ho … more →

Tags: writing, Failure, rejection, failure, literary magazine failure, failure noted, literary rejections, literary magazine rejection, bete noire

You Write Like A Girl12 comments

Mercedes M. Yardley wrote 2 years ago: I read a fantastic post today.  It was written by Rebecca Lehmann for the Contrary blog, and I thoro … more →

Tags: writing, Rebecca Lehmann, writing like a girl, Gender biases, gender in fiction

Congratulations Jennifer Egan: Quintan Ana Wikswo's Notes from the Studio3 comments

catalysisprojects wrote 2 years ago: NOTES FROM THE STUDIO This week your friends at Catalysis Projects introduce the fifth in our series … more →

Tags: Quintan Ana Wikswo, Review, NOTES FROM THE STUDIO, jennifer egan, Isabel Wilkerson, The Great Migration, "The Warmth of Other Suns", The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, Cynthia Newberry Martin

Tell Them True Stories; Or, Layne Mentions His Dark Materials For The First Out Of What Will Probably Be A Lot Of Times8 comments

Layne Ransom wrote 2 years ago: “Tell them stories.  They need the truth.  You must tell them true stories, and everything will be w … more →

Tags: i'm reading..., Meta, identity, His Dark Materials, The Amber Spyglass, Philip Pullman, meredith martinez, AIDS, Child Soldiers

The Thing About Departures4 comments

Ashley Cassandra Ford wrote 2 years ago: Hey! My name is Ashley Ford and I’m a new contributer to VouchedBooks.com. Glad to meet you. O … more →

Tags: Fiction

By the Way3 comments

izanobu wrote 2 years ago: My story “Insect Effect” is up in the Autumn issue of Contrary magazine, you can read it … more →

Tags: General, Fiction, Sold Fiction, Story News, writing, Novel-Writing, insect effect, Finishing novels

Another Quickie Post, Another Sale2 comments

izanobu wrote 2 years ago: I’m deep in the middle of “oh god oh god we’re all gonna die (before I finish this … more →

Tags: Fiction, Novel plans, Plans, Sold Fiction, writing, Novel-Writing, Novels, Fiction Writing, Thrillers

Quick Interlude

Weston Cutter wrote 2 years ago: Hope everyone’s summer’s coming along nicely. For a variety of reasons, postings’v … more →

Tags: Weston Cutter, Todd Kliman, Sam Kean, tom bissell, Robert Walser, nick lantz, hunger mountain, The Disappearing Spoon

the empty armchair12 comments

cynthia wrote 3 years ago: My story, “The Empty Armchair,” which is loosely based on my first novel, The Painting S … more →

Tags: Art, contrary, My Writing, Stories

Between the Bells by Gina Maria DiPonio

AULA Editor wrote 5 years ago: It was those charged five minutes between 2nd and 3rd period when the courtyard of my junior high wa … more →

Tags: Fiction, Gina Maria DiPonio, Issue 1 - Number 4 - Spring 2008, Antioch University, Antioch University Literary Magazine, Short Story, Antioch Literary Journal, Creative Writing, junior high


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