November 2023
The world is a beautiful place/to be born into / if you don’t mind happiness / not always being /
so very much fun / if you don’t mind a touch of hell / now and then / just when everything is fine /
because even in heaven / they don’t sing / all the time…
~ Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Willa Carroll’s poem, “Score for Vector Body,” appeared in The Dodge.
Andrea Caswell interviewed Cecile Callan in Cleaver Magazine.
Lorraine Comanor’s essay “Moonshadow” is a Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2023. Her flash nonfiction appeared in a few journals: “Unspoken Accord” came out in The Healing Muse, “The Potato Spoon Race” in Unstamatic, and “Twilight Zone” in Burningwood.
Valerie Fox’s review of Dan Crawley’s Blur appeared in Your Impossible Voice.
JoeAnn Hart, author of Highwire Act & Other Tales of Survival, discusses her writing tips and tricks on Talking Writing!
“A Plume in Blue Ash,” an excerpt from F. Scott Hess’ as yet unpublished historical novel appeared in Sundial Magazine.
Adieu, Gail Hosking’s new book of poems, is available for pre-order from Main Street Rag!
Tara Ison’s story, “Anosmia,” appeared in Aromatica Poetica.
Tom Keating’s flash, "Ritual Interrupted," is included in the Vine Leaves Press new anthology, The 50-Word Stories of 2023.
An interview with Jeannie Marshall, author of All Things Move: Learning to Look in the Sistine Chapel, appeared in ArtCurious.
Mandira Pattnaik’s flash collection Girls Who Don't Cry (Alien Buddha Press, 2023) was reviewed by Rhashi Rohatgi in Waxwing Magazine.
Genevieve Plunkett’s short story, “The Keeper and the Tether,” appeared in The Sewanee Review.
Les Schofield’s reviews of books by Danuta Hinc and Dan Hunter received mention in the National Book Critics Circle newsletter.
Dawn Tasaka Steffler won the October 2023 Bath Flash Fiction First Prize with “Détente.”
Our conversation with Danuta Hinc took us to troubled waters as we discussed the challenges faced when writing about terror, violence, and conflict. If you missed the event you can watch it here..
Our next event features Carrie Nassif and Haley Lasché. They will be reading from their poetry, talking about received wisdom and eco-poetics, living in the moment, and more. Please join us for this insightful conversation.
Registration is required.
Save the date: Tuesday, December 5 for a conversation featuring Jehanne Dubrow and Brian Turner!
Check out the latest reviews in MicroLit Almanac Reviews: Liz Ziemska takes on climate change in her review of JoeAnn Hart’s Highwire Act & Other Tales of Survival, Carrie Nassif reviews I’d Rather Be Lightning by Nancy Lynee Woo, Les Schofield explores imagination in Dan Hunter’s Learning and Teaching Creativity and Carlene Gadapee journeys through Christopher Merrill’s book-length poem, On the Road to Lviv.
October’s MicroLit Almanac contained work by Jennifer Fliss, Donnetrice Allison, Lucas Hubbard, and Lorraine Comanor.
Our wise and witty Mix & Meet workshop will meet on Tuesday, November 7th. Start the holiday season with a jump into writing with our community! Registration is open.
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