April 2023
“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.”
~Rainer Maria Rilke
Happy National Poetry Month! We encourage you to support poetry events in your community -- and memorize your favorite poem. For more information about National Poetry Month please visit the Academy of American Poets website.
Miriam Camitta’s “Can’t Elope” is in The Master’s Review.
Linda Dittmar’s memoir Tracing Homelands is available for pre-order from Interlink Publishing.
Sara Kempfer’s short story “Fostering Disorder” is included in Fine Lines Spring 2023 edition!
Ray Nayler’s novel, The Mountain in the Sea, is a Nebula Award Finalist.
Kelly Watt’s chapbook The Weeping Degree is a finalist in a contest sponsored by Poetry Mesa and Wild Rising Press.
We’re expanding! MicroLit Almanac now publishes reviews, and our first publication looks at Richard Wagamese’s Walking the Ojibwe Path (Milkweed), an insightful look at the memoir by Ruth Edgett.
Our InConversation event with Tara Ison and David Ryan brought on a great discussion about the shadow self. Here’s the link to the recording if you missed it.
Based on the success of our February session and the call for another workshop we’ll be offering Summer Kaleidoscope gatherings. Stay tuned!
Join us Tuesday, April 11th for a spring event featuring Jeannie Marhsall and Judith Baumel. (Registration is required.)
Come write with us!
Tuesday, April 4th, join us for Mix & Meet. Spring into flash fiction and nonfiction — and poetry—with a generative Birch Bark Editing workshop!
March’s issue contained work by Patti Jazanoski, Leslie Cairns, and William T. Vandegrift. And don’t forget our new Reviews section! Check out Ruth Edgett’s review of Richard Wagamese’s Walking the Ojibwe Path. More to come!
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Tuesday, May 16: Erika Nichols-Frazer & Denton Loving InConversation
