miCRo: “The Hunted,” by K. C. Mead-Brewer
Managing Editor Lisa Ampleman: This story opens with teen girls being teen girls together....
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miCRo: “Mercado de Sabado por la Noche; Con Barbie Negra como Plato de Entrada,” by Kathy Z. Price
Managing Editor Lisa Ampleman: The opening of this prose poem dazzles with description of...
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miCRo: “Old-Growth Forest” by Catie Rosemurgy
Managing Editor Lisa Ampleman: This hybrid, elliptical piece draws from the language of fairy...
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miCRo: “From the Minister of the Cabinet of Admonition,” by Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer
Managing Editor Lisa Ampleman: In this poem—from her series imagining different cabinet members...
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In Celebration of National Dance Day, July 28
A few weeks ago on the blog, we featured an appreciation of Marie Kare’s short-shorts, a...
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Contest Moved to August
If you regularly enter our summer contest, you might be feeling bereft right now. Where are the...
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Why We Like It: How to Celebrate National Days: Instructions for Enjoying Pseudoholidays, by Marie Kare
Assistant Editor Maggie Su: The excerpts from Marie Kare’s series How to Celebrate National...
Read More“National Pen Pal Day,” by Marie Kare
(From the series How to Celebrate National Days: Instructions for Enjoying Pseudoholidays) June 1, 2018 Think back to when you were a kid and you’d give the classroom globe a spin, stop it with your fingertip, and vow to move to...
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miCRo: “Ruby-Throated” by James Davis May
[Editors’ note: We’re hitting the pause button on our miCRo feature for the steamy...
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miCRo: “Child-Witch” by Hussain Ahmed
Assistant Editor Maggie Su: This searing poem by Hussian Ahmed centers around the issue of...
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