Features
Essays on arts and culture from around Michigan and around the world
On Writing Furtively
Writing Exercises 101, 201, and 301
On Diaphragms and Literary Longevity
The Fifth Annual Thomas Morton Memorial Prize in Literary Excellence
Personal Weather: Rereading Adrienne Rich for the Anthropocene
Don’t Take Your Guns to Town, Son
How to Sell a Book to Your Mother
Vicariousness and TV Recaps on the Internet
Is This Working? On Poetry and Employment
Tell Me What Success Looks Like
A Beginner’s Guide to Submitting Work to Literary Magazines
Over the Falls: The Pain and Pleasure of Writing the Self
What’s the Point? The Relevance of the Irrelevant and Daring to Get it Wrong
The Art of the Online Review
SVU with a Vengeance: The Horrors of “Ladivine”
Rumi: A Love List of Lines
Reading on Purpose: Finding Duds, Gems, and Books Worth Recommending
Kindly Remove Your Boots and Join Me in the Mud Pit
Orlando, Ireland
Coping With The Shame of the Books You’ve Outgrown
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