February 2024
The February sunshine steeps your boughs and tints the buds and swells the leaves within.”
~William C. Bryant
Lasell Jaretzki Bartlett’s hometown newspaper wrote an article about her book Getting Along with Rusty.
Andrea Caswell spoke with Danuta Hinc about her novel, When We Were Twins, for Cleaver Magazine.
Lorraine Comanor’s story “Snakes of Asclepius” is out in Talking River Review.
Ruth Edgett published a new story on The Forever Blog.
Erika Nichols-Frazer published “A Double-Edged Sword: Facing the Grief of Miscarriage with Bipolar Disorder” in OC87 Recovery Diaries.
Tom Keating’s fiction piece, “REMF,” was showcased in So Say We All’s Veterans Writing Division collaboration with Wrath-Bearing Tree.
Ann Leamon’s review of Steven Cramer’s Departures from Rilke: Poems was published in the Harvard Review.
Abby Letteri’s article, “Living History: Saving the last wild horse,” appeared in Horses and People.
Lisa Johnson Mitchell’s story collection So As Not to Die Alone was published by Finishing Line Press. One short story in the collection, “Reunion,” will be included in the London Independent Story Prize 2023 Anthology.
Linda Parson’s essay “Love Bites” appeared in Chapter 16.
Birch Bark Editing hosted its last InConversation event in a rousing conversation with Elaine Fletcher Chapman, Tracy Rice Weber, and Christi Harris. If you missed our grand finale, you can watch the video here.
Much as we will miss our high-energy conversations with writers — and we really will — our focus in 2024 will be on reviews and interviews with writers who’ve published a book between June 2023 and now! Our goal is to showcase writers and their work without adding to the Zoom fatigue we all feel. So do let us know if you have a book coming out or if you would like to review a book or interview a writer. We build community, word by word and your words count.
January’s MicroLit Almanac contained work by Tom Keating and John Coats. MicroLit Almanac Reviews featured Allison Renner’s insightful look at Sarah Freligh’s A Brief Natural History of Women, a close exploration of Diane Mehta’s Tiny Extravaganzas by Carlene Gadapee, and careful consideration of Erika Nichols-Frazer’s Feed Me by Jessica Binkley.
Our Mix & Meet workshop will gather on Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern/2:00 p.m. Pacific. See you then!
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Enjoy the mid-winter bluster!
Cat & Max
