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Writing Wednesday: A Blurb Job
When Joan Williams asks William Faulkner to blurb her book, it takes an ugly turn. In telling the story of their affair (a story also told by Lisa C. Hickman in William Faulkner and Joan Williams: The...
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10 Quotes about Persevering and Finding Your Story
I’ve never been intimidated by a blank page or a brand new diary. When I was younger and in elementary school, I relished in-class writing assignments. Inspiration and ideas came easily to me, and I...
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Jack Kerouac’s Angry Postcard to His Editor
In 1956, Viking Press expressed an interest in Jack Kerouac’s On the Road. The author had been writing and rewriting his novel for years, and Kerouac was growing impatient as it languished in the...
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Writing Wednesday: Writing from a Brothel
Dear Mom and Dad, I’m going to go live in a brothel now. Don’t worry — just as the landlord. William Faulkner told me to. PS: Sorry for robbing you and drinking all your whiskey. I’m just trying to be...
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Clip: Marco Polo Publishes 2 Pieces of My Flash Fiction
Marco! Polo! Marco Polo was an explorer. Marco Polo is a lit mag, edited by Darin Beasley, that explores language and love and existence and beauty and Frank O’Hara. It’s a capricious...
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