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Poetry Spotlight: The Line by Bella Akhmadulina

This spotlight takes us to the cold lands of Russia, and while I was researching poems and poets across different time periods one caught...

How to Prepare for your First Creative Writing Workshop:

Step 1: Assure yourself you have enough time to write a 15 page short story, even if you forget when your due date is every few days....

BTS With an Amateur Wildlife Photographer: Rattlesnake Edition

by Josh Ward Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus), Giles County, Virginia, August 2021 Canon 5D Mark IV with Canon 100-mm f/2.8 macro...

Gazing at the Sacred Peak by Du Fu

by Kelsey Briggs At a time way back around the 1st century, before many nation’s histories had been established, poetry was upheld as a...

The "Black" in Black Art

When I tell people I’m a writer, they often ask a reasonable question: “What do you write about?” Usually, I respond with a handful of my...

All dressed up with nowhere to go

When the pandemic hit hard this past March, people stopped being able to go out. Staying home became the safest option, and this meant...

The Importance of Art in a Time of Crisis

It’s official: COVID-19 has been drastically reshaping our lives for over half of 2020 now. In some ways, it feels like we’ve been stuck...

A Magical Planner

What have I been doing to cope with what is going on with the world? Honestly, I’m still trying to figure that out. One of my main things...

Fine Art in Quarantine?

Stay at home orders have caused people to cease from frequently pretty much all public spaces. Although maybe not something at the...

Stay Sane in Quarantine with Escapril

With all of us having to socially distance in our own homes these days, there’s very little structure to our daily lives. I no longer...

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