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“Flash Is Not” by Jonathan Cardew

“Flash Is Not” by Jonathan Cardew

Flash Is Not   by Jonathan Cardew/ @cardewjcardew  I am a flash fiction writer, which means I write flash fiction. When I say this to people, they usually ask me what flash fiction is and I oblige them with an explanation. It’s very short fiction. It’s like a...

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Review: Virginia Konchan’s THE END OF SPECTACLE

Review: Virginia Konchan’s THE END OF SPECTACLE

Virginia Konchan’s smart, lyrical debut collection, The End of Spectacle, transcends a technology-driven zeitgeist. Instead, Konchan’s poems interrogate individual participation in the enduring human spectacles of art and culture, employing wide-ranging intertextuality, ekphrasis, and metapoetics to challenge the notion that spectators (or readers) can ever be absolved of responsibility for that at which they look…

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Interview with 2019 Summer Prize Judge Ramona Ausubel

Interview with 2019 Summer Prize Judge Ramona Ausubel

In honor of our inaugural 2019 Summer Prizes in Fiction & Poetry, Fiction Editor Molly Gutman conducted a micro-interview with our Fiction Prize Judge, Ramona Ausubel. Read on to learn more about fabulist worlds, Ramona Ausubel’s newest short story collection Awayland, and what she’s looking for in a winning story!

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“Revelations” by Maria Terrone

“Revelations” by Maria Terrone

Like a new swimmer tentatively advancing one baby step at a time into a vast, sometimes frightening, sometimes exhilarating ocean, I began to write more self-revealing poetry…

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