Something pretty interesting happened at 365 Short Stories this week–remember, the choices are random. They were all about mothers. Beginning with Robin MacArthur’s beautiful story at Shenandoah, “Wings, 1989″ and ending with a visual narrative brief by Amy Porter in First Inkling, each story this week featured a narrator whose close observation of a mother/grandmother … Continue reading »
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Shaking Off the Grip I Love Most? Nah!
For the past two years, linked story collections as a sub-genre in fiction writing have seized me by the throat and won’t let go. I know that sounds a bit melodramatic, but that’s the effect I’m going for. It all started when I first entered an MFA program at VCFA and received advice that it … Continue reading »
