Craft Essays
Unique interviews and essays discussing writing techniques, inspiration, and helpful tips for emerging writers.
James King
"Sometimes, when I sit at my desk, I’m paralyzed by ideas of what I should write, as a poet who has an awareness of the world and empathy for the suffering of others. I come to the page in that state of mind, and sometimes it works, but more often than not, I fail."
Rhonda Waterhouse
"At first, I thought it was a straightforward braided essay. But as I read—and reread—the piece over several days, the patterns emerged. I realized Jensen’s rhetorical strategies were far more intricate than I first understood."
Richard Holinger
"It was not that I thought I was going to die, but more that I realized it was possible, and that put things into a very different perspective. You’re sixteen in your head, but not in your body."
Kimm Brockett Stammen
"I think it possible that because of being a musician and performer I appreciate, more than someone who isn't, the uses of silence, of quiet, of white space, of the punctuations of rest."
Lucas Cardona
"When we write beyond what we think we understand and recognize as familiar, we learn about how we view others, ourselves, and the Self’s cyclical and often limiting predilections for navigating the World in relation to others."