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BOOK REVIEW: BRIT BENNETT’S "THE VANISHING HALF"
The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books (2020) Brit Bennett’s second fiction novel, The Vanishing Half, chronicles the lives of...
Aug 8, 20213 min read


BOOK REVIEW: EMILY SKAJA’S "BRUTE"
Brute, Emily Skaja, Graywolf Press (2019) Winner of the Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets, selected by Joy Harjo ...
Sep 30, 20193 min read


HOW PUNK MAKES ME A BETTER WRITER
Growing up near Cleveland, Ohio gives me a predisposition for things of a darker matter. Home to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a river...
Feb 25, 20192 min read


HOW TO KILL THE ENGLISH MAJOR TO BE A BETTER COPYWRITER
People with English degrees are often labeled as pretentious know-it-alls, verbose bookworms prone to whimsy and daydream, introverts...
Nov 26, 20184 min read


MY FAVORITE TOOLS AS A WRITER (OTHER THAN COFFEE)
Writers can be indecisive. Picky. Perfectionistic. These are my favorite online (+ offline) writing tools that work best for creating polish
Nov 21, 20174 min read


AN ARGUMENT FOR WRITERS
A writer voicing an argument for writers might seem a bit—gauche? As a writer, though, it’s something I think about a lot. In an age that...
Jul 3, 20173 min read
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