Rethinking Craft with Matthew Salesses
s the craft of writing a given? Do we all know what craft means? There are characters, conflict, tone, subtext, plot, and descriptions. Or is craft a prescribed notion? Just another point-of-view?
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Liberal Arts College to Add New Post-Apocalypse Preparedness Major
Lifelong learning shouldn’t end, just because the world has.
Issue Eleven of Scintilla!
Under budget and over the deadline, but finally, The Patterns of Place: Seeking Shelter; Finding Home is published. Please read all the wonderful poems, stories and essays.
Senator Chuck Grassley Self-Identifies as Ferengi
“We live in a free society. It’s time I stopped hiding who I am. Deep down, I’m Ferengi,” said Senator Grassley.
After the Funeral
I stand on black water, like a navigator at night, maps aglow in lantern light, as the stars wink out one by one. Not sure how well this poem captures what I’m trying to… Read More »After the Funeral
Donald Trump Invites General Zod, Red Skull, and Doom to the White House
The White House was caught off guard when the President tweeted these three tweets praising General Zod, Doctor Victor von Doom, and the Red Skull.
Once-ler Passed Over To Lead Trump’s EPA
High in his Lerkim, sitting alone, he tweets and he tweets from his Whisper-ma-Phone.
David Cameron Sure That With Help From All The King’s Horses, Britain Can Be Put Back Together Again
Horses. We ride them. They pull couples around in carriages. We watch them race. But, when have you last seen horses use their legendary construction skills?
After 10 Year Slumber, Justice Clarence Thomas Speaks, Sees Shadow, Hides in Robes
Our most groundhog-like Supreme Court Justice just did the unthinkable.
Armed Bantha Rancher, Ammon Darklighter, Overtakes Skywalker Wildlife Refuge
Who left the snacks in the sandcrawler?