Locating the Heart in True Crime: A Craft Essay, by Aimée Baker
We are pleased to share this craft essay by Aimée Baker on writing crime-inspired poetry and...
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Setting the Stage, by Frankie Y. Bailey
We are pleased to share this craft essay by Frankie Y. Bailey on writing crime fiction, which...
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“Never Look Suspicious”: Elmore Leonard’s Rules for Writing Fiction, by Tod Goldberg
We are pleased to share this review by Tod Goldberg about Elmore Leonard’s rules for writing...
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A Different Kind of Violence: Representing Albinism in True Crime, by Destiny O. Birdsong
We are pleased to share this review by Destiny O. Birdsong about an episode of Fatal Attraction,...
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Full Feature on the Ethics and Craft of Crime Writing
We are pleased to share the entire review feature from Issue 19.1 on the ethics and craft of crime...
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Some Survey Results
Here are some key takeaways from our audience survey earlier this month.
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Survey! Prizes!
We’re conducting a survey about your reading habits to help us plan—and raffling off a $50 bookstore gift card and three subscriptions!
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Writers’ Day Jobs: Sean Thomas Dougherty
Poet and essayist Sean Thomas Dougherty describes his night job as a medical technician and life-skills trainer at a facility for those with traumatic brain injuries.
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miCRo: “Boys Will Be” and “Pennsylvania Turnpike, heading west” by Matt Del Busto
Matt Del Busto’s stunning poems take up age-old questions about how the past shapes us.
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miCRo: “Of Precipice” by Michelle Menting
Michelle Menting’s lyric microessay “Of Precipice” moves with the vibrations of haiku, tanka, epigrams, and other short and imagistic poems
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