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“Mama Loved Patsy Cline” by Laura Bork

“I’m crazy for tryin’ and crazy for cryin’ and I’m crazy for loving you.” – Patsy Cline’s “Crazy” I am a little behind in posting, but July’s short story for A Curious Singularity [1] was Laura Bork’s… more →

Adventures in Reading

patron saint of overcooked bacon — 2 comments

franciszka voeltz wrote 4 days ago: 1. first foodsmell of the day brown rice cooking 2. yoga bike parking lot full bodies lying on backs … more →

Tags: Poetry, Arthritis, brown rice, Garlic, Mango, Patron Saints, Secret Societies, SmackDown!, Work

golden light also known as hope

franciszka voeltz wrote 6 days ago: 1. warm wake up under smooth blue sheets and blanket skies cuddling stitch-split stuffing-exposed ve … more →

Tags: Poetry, Beirut, Bike Bells, Cars, Disclosure, Feathers, Heart, HOPE, Missouri

Jaleesa wrote 1 month ago: It seems to me the only way I have forgiven anything, understood anything, is through the process o … more →

Tags: Quotes

details, details — 8 comments

cynthia wrote 1 month ago: In the car yesterday, I was listening to the CD that came with The Writer’s Notebook. On it ar … more →

Tags: Catching Moments, character, Craft of Writing, Dani Shapiro, Details, Pam Houston, Ron Carlson, Fugitive Blue, Sight Hound

From Jamaica to Russell Simmons, Def Jam Poets on Broadway to The Oprah Winfrey Show, Staceyann Chin- Writer/ Artist and now Author of, "THE OTHER SIDE OF PARADISE" is set to appear on the INSIDE THE Q show

Inside The Q | Queer Black Cinema News & Happenings wrote 3 months ago: Staceyann Chin and Oprah Winfrey Note from the desk of Executive Producer, Angel L. Brown: I re … more →

Tags: Archive, activist, angel l. brown, bastard out of carolina, def poetry jam, Do You...?, inside the Q TV show, Jamaican, Lesbian

Field's End...a little History

Field's End wrote 4 months ago: Pike's Market - A Writer's Inspiration Source Over the years, Field’s End has also h … more →

Tags: Writers Conference, Writing Workshop, Seattle Writers and Authors, Writers, Authors, Creative Workshop, Poets, creative writing workshops, malachy mccourt

Eat, Memory

Jenna wrote 8 months ago: “Gravy is the simplest, tastiest, most memory-laden dish I know how to make: a little flour, s … more →

Tags: Books, Excerpts, amanda hesser

“Mama Loved Patsy Cline” by Laura Bork

bookchronicle wrote 11 months ago: “I’m crazy for tryin’ and crazy for cryin’ and I’m crazy for loving you.” – Patsy Cline’s “Crazy” I … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Short Stories, Quotes, A curious singularity, cavedweller, lesbian literature, mama loved patsy cline, laura bork, Texas

Dorothy Allison on "Place"

Mindie Kniss wrote 12 months ago: I never met a writer who said “fuck” more than Joe Millar or Pete Fromm… until tod … more →

Tags: Portland, Writers, Fuck, Tin House, place, charles d'ambrosio, Powell's, Stumptown

You Never Know

Cara wrote 1 year ago: What happen to all the poets? I remember growing up reading, loving, and writing stream of conscious … more →

Tags: American, Art, Cara Reynolds, Cause, Education, Faith, Gay, God, History

Bookends

bookchronicle wrote 1 year ago: I have developed a Bookmooch addiction. Over the last week or two I have really been pushing myself … more →

Tags: Thoughtful, BookMooch, banana yoshimo, Dieting, Weight loss, Skinny Bitch, Vegetarian Times

Cavedweller by Dorothy Allison

bookchronicle wrote 1 year ago: “Death changes everything.” Dorothy Allison’s Cavedweller completely blew my mind. Attempting to con … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Fiction, Quotes, cavedweller, Southern Literature, Georgia, Music, spelunking

CAROLINA NOVELISTS SERIES!

columbiacollegeenglishdepartment wrote 1 year ago: at the Richland County Public Library All events will be held at 6 PM and are free and open to the … more →

Tags: Departmental events/information, Columbia happenings, bastard out of carolina, Books, Literature, Authors, John Jakes, Patrick Swayze, Library