I just read the posts that made everyone mad and my feeling is that as writers we'll do just fine if we treat readers like adults who can understand metaphor and survive the very slightest of difficulties
I'm grateful to have an essay in this new issue, in such good company. pitheadchapel.com/the-man-from...
Our October issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/volume-13-is... Words: RYAN GRIFFITH STEPHANIE FRAZEE JEFF KARR CAROLYN MIKULENCAK ALLISON WEISSMAN STEVE HIMMER ACE CHU Cover art: KEITH HOOD
COVER ART BY KEITH HOOD FICTION AMERICAN SAINTS BY RYAN GRIFFITH DECIDUOUS BY STEPHANIE FRAZEE THE FLINCH BY JEFF KARR WHAT IS WITHIN YOU BY CAROLYN MIKULENCAK NONFICTION PERENNIALS B…
The Face: A Time Code by Ruth Ozeki-- good
Read about the man from my hometown I met on a plane, in the new issue of @pitheadchapel.bsky.social@stateofkate.bsky.social for her editorial eye.
Steve Himmer I knew you were a talker when you rose from your aisle seat on the runway in Amsterdam and ushered me to the window like a guest in your home. The armrest between us had not yet…
Stay tuned for updates regarding which books are good and which are not good
Coming into the summer, I had 28 books I had to read for my various classes and my podcast, and I'm down to the final 2, meaning that soon I get to do something very exciting: read a different book without having to develop any single thought about it besides "hey, that was good/not good"
me, when someone asks which biblical prophet was the son of Amoz and preached during the reign of Uzziah
top 60 in forced fumbles, not bad
Messed up on the square checkout thing and accidentally gave the barista an $18 tip for one cold brew, and by the time I realized it I would have had to walk back in and ask him for 16-17 back, which I would rather die than do. Anyway I hope he buys a cool t-shirt or a few pounds of apples with it