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Dreaming Home by Lucian Childs
Lucian Childs’ short stories have been widely published in various literary journals throughout the US and Canada. Dreaming Home is his debut book-length work of fiction, divided into six chapters that focus on different characters spanning a time period of about...
“Museum of Winter” by Willy Blomme Takes Second Place in Fiction at National Magazine Awards
A big 'ol congrats to Will Blomme whose fiction piece "The Museum of Winter" took second place at the National Magazine Awards! Great Job, Willy! And also a shout out to Duncan Mercredi whose poem "Misipawistik" received honourable mention! Way to go, Duncan! Both...
Resonance: Essays on the Craft and Life of Writing, Eds. Andrew Chesham and Laura Farina
Books about the craft of writing often make big promises. Typically written for an audience of aspiring authors who long for the guidance of an expert, a lot of writing craft books insist that they hold the secret key to helping unlock the novels, stories, poems, and...
I Want to Tell You Love: A Critical Edition by Milton Acorn & bill bissett
After fifty-seven years in archival gestation, Milton Acorn and bill bissett’s I Want to Tell You Love has finally, like a letter lost and deferred in the mail, reached the ears of its public. The work first took shape as a manuscript in 1965 when Acorn and bissett...
Happy World Poetry Day!
Happy World Poetry Day, everyone! To celebrate, we have a poem from our 2022 McNally Robinson Booksellers Poetry Award Winner Jody Baltessen! Thank you Jody, for allowing us to publish this fabulous poem digitally for World Poetry Day! Before we get to the poem, if...
Five Stalks of Grain by Adrian Lysenko and Ivanka Theodosia Galadza, Ill.
The Holodomor, or Great Famine of Ukraine, is another black hole in history. Current scholarship estimates 3.5 to 5 million people of Ukraine died over the 1932 to 1933 year, as collectivization disrupted small farms and Stalin attempted to stamp out resistance with...