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Every Sun Sets

June 15, 2025

BY CHRIS ALTROCK From ages seven through ten, my twin brother Craig and I spent the dying moments of each daylight on our living room couch. In front of us was the brick fireplace that burned from October through March. To the left stood a freezer-sized television with a large aluminum antenna, reminiscent of the […]

June 15, 2025

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What is 500 Words of Summer?

June 10, 2025

BY LIZ MATTHEWS Inspired by National Novel Writing month a.k.a. NaNoWriMo (which challenges writers to write 50,000 words during the month of November), and Jami Attenberg’s 1,000 words of summer (1,000 words a day for two straight weeks), our challenge is to write 500 words every weekday in July. Why? We all need some accountability […]

June 10, 2025

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Under the Marula and the Oak: Writing Between Two Landscapes

June 1, 2025

BY ELISE CHIDLEY Three miles on a dusty, bone-rattling road to school. When the potholes punched holes in the tires, we would pull over. My mother, with her long red fingernails, would expertly deal with jacks and spares on the stony shoulder while we kids looked out over the valley to the hillside shacks made […]

June 1, 2025

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Hot to Go: Metaphors, Music & Motherhood

April 30, 2025

By Amanda Parrish Morgan April is National Poetry Month, and every year to mark the occasion, my kids’ elementary school does a poetry unit. I wish there were more opportunities for poetry in the elementary school classroom, but I’m so grateful for this stretch they have each spring. It’s a time of year when student […]

April 30, 2025

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