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A recent experience with a teen writer had me going back to The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo. I’d originally purchased and listened to The Poet X on audiobook–a powerful narration by the author herself, which I highly recommend. A … Continued
Inlandia: A Literary Journey Submissions Open! We are open for submissions to our fall 2020 issue. Submissions for poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art opened today, June 15 and will close on September 1, 2020. Please see submissions guidelines for … Continued
Submerged by Shaina Boal I’m so excited about the latest teen issue of Inlandia, which is live now! “Despite the notion that we are voiceless, it seems to me that the challenge of a good creative writing instructor is to … Continued
I hope you have the opportunity to peruse the work of these wonderful authors and artists.
Get Published: Free Digital Class I just want to pass along this email message from Submittable about a new digital class “How to Get Published.” If you are writing short work (short stories, creative nonfiction, essays) and actively submitting, you’ve … Continued
My story “In the Cards” is out in the latest TL;DR anthology, Carrying Fire. Here’s a nice blog post about the project.
Schooled An issue that has been on my mind for years. My essay in the Eckleburg Review. We should be encouraging students to read fiction for many reasons. Supporting school libraries helps to ensue that we do.
Flyer for the teen ‘Literature on the Lawn’ reading. Mentor Through Celebration As all the work and celebration of the teen issue of the Inlandia: A Literary Journey Journal concludes, I want to reflect one more time on the value … Continued
So happy to get a copy of the spring/summer issue of Tiferet in the mail today. My essay “ Living the Three R’s—Rejection, Reconciliation, Renewal” is included. When I wrote it, I was reading the philosopher William James (brother of … Continued
Still in the crazy space, but on the upside, there was this fun article about the teen issue of Inlandia Literary Journeys Journal in the Press Enterprise. I was interviewed, as were Cati Porter (executive director of Inlandia Institute) and three … Continued