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One of our favorite poets, Bob Hicok, is being featured on Poetry Daily today. Besides the outstanding poetry, I’m continually amazed by the personal care and attention Don Selby takes…    read more

I’m finally doing a thing I’ve always wanted to do, yet also feared. Last week, I left the kiddie pool and took a walk to the Olympic size. Climbed the…    read more

[By Nathan Oates] Recently I’ve been spending as much time (okay, more) checking updates on the democratic primaries as I have writing fiction. I believe something needs to be done…    read more

Brian Kiteley has nice ideas about how to teach fiction writing with exercises–which he does at the University of Denver–and he makes some of his exercises available here. If you’re…    read more

With the announcement of the Pushcart nominations, I felt I’d mention some of the wonderful literary rediscoveries that are currently going on in the publishing world. We readers and writers…    read more

I’m finishing my review of Toni Morrison’s new novel, Love, for The Missouri Review, and throughout the process the question of necessity has dogged me–what purpose do reviews of new…    read more

I admit it. I’m a bibliophile with a particular weakness. That’s right – after perusing the poetry shelves, contemplating the hot/young/new talents, and delving into the one clearance rack designless…    read more

While perusing Fusion, the most recent issue of The Missouri Review, I came across the story “Emeritus” by Jill Marquis. I laughed as I read the adventures of a research…    read more

To any literary snobs out there, prepare to turn up your nose, sniff, and look away. Prepare to lament the commercialization of our society. Not only will I graduate with…    read more

[By Charlie Green] Cowboys, dragons, orcs, and hunks: I see these character clichés in introductory fiction workshops often, the signs of genre fiction. Teachers of fiction writing commonly prohibit such…    read more