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Michigan Seems Like a Dream To Me Now, poem by Dennis Mahagin

From Cor­val­lis to Far­mville, the Kesey nov­el steepled my kneecap, while a girl named Kathy chat­ted me across the Grey­hound aisle, out of kind­ness, curios­i­ty, spring fever or pity. And the piebald bovines in their green­ery, stand­ing still yet rush­ing past Tillam­ook where … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Della, fiction by Jarrid Deaton

Dan says he’s get­ting tired of me talk­ing in my sleep. Says I mum­ble like a child and toss and turn, flail my arms. What I see is the inside of the school bus. I see forty kids laugh­ing. Then … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Ron Rash Festival October 1st and 2nd Gardner-Webb University

Charles Dodd White made me aware of this. Wish I could go. No doubt some of you are. The fes­ti­val is spon­sored by Gardner-Webb's South­ern Appalachi­an Cul­ture Series. Ron Rash cur­rent­ly holds the John Par­ris Chair in Appalachi­an Stud­ies at … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Highway 50, fiction by Murray Dunlap

Two AM. High­way 50. Ely, Neva­da. We laughed out loud at the Break-a-Heart Hotel in Sil­ver Springs, flew past the Last Chance Saloon in Austin, then passed up the Par­son­age House in Eure­ka. A coy­ote dart­ed across both lanes a … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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New Literary E‑Zine: Southern Grit

I've cor­re­spond­ed with edi­tor Kevin Baggett a bit, and I thought I'd give him a plug here. I've already begun read­ing through the sto­ries in Issue I and it looks like it'll be a good addi­tion to the web. And … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Remembering Deliverance

It's clear James Dick­ey mythol­o­gized and often out­right lied about the cir­cum­stances of his life now, and what's been lost along with his crit­i­cal rep­u­ta­tion is the work, the work, my god the work. Six years of for­mal edu­ca­tion and … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Cape Breton Road by D.R. MacDonald

I'm tak­ing a break from a book review to write about anoth­er book. Fun­ny, eh? D.R Mac­Don­ald is a writer I don't hear much about, and that's too bad. His nov­el Cape Bre­ton Road is one I re-read fre­quent­ly, for the … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Himself, Guilty, fiction by Jeff Crook

At the wake he real­ized he had nev­er seen her move, nev­er even saw her get up to go to the bath­room. He had only ever encoun­tered her already enthroned, fright­ful dewlaps unfold­ing as she reached out and drew him … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Memories of a Joplin Bum, by Helen Losse

I’m real­ly a per­son who keeps pret­ty much to myself, but you’d prob­a­bly know me as the guy you see all over town pushin’ the old wood­en cart. You’d call me a bum, but I’ll get to that lat­er. I … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Still Journal's Contest Deadline Approaching–Enter Now

Good luck to those of you who qual­i­fy to enter. Judges include Ann Pan­cake, Mau­rice Man­ning, and Janisse Ray. Be sure to vis­it the site and fol­low the guide­lines. Con­test Guide­lines Still: The Jour­nal announces the first annu­al Still Writ­ing Con­tests … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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