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The Armagh Project with Kimberley Lynne
June 22, 2015
Of all the words one could use to describe Kimberley Lynne—novelist, playwright, teacher, organizer, feminist, actor, director, producer—the, one that…
Play + Work = Plork: Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of The University of Baltimore’s MFA in Creative Writing & Publishing Arts
May 19, 2015
I am in my office, dawdling, feeling stubborn and justified in my procrastination. I’m worried. How, I wonder, can I…
TRINADOT at Small Press Expo
September 3, 2014
To refer to artist Melody Often’s distinctively orchestrated visual arsenal as “style” is to damn, with faint praise, the poetic…
That’s What Shebooks Said
August 26, 2014
Danielle Ariano sits at her kitchen table, alternating her attention between her laptop and a thick stack of papers. At…
Novel Excerpt: The Home For Wayward Ladies by Jeremy Scott Blaustein
May 13, 2014
This week What Lit brings you the excerpted first chapter from novelist, Broadway producer, and local Baltimorean, Jeremy Scott…
Excerpt: Addicts and Basements by Robert Vaughan
May 6, 2014
I am thrilled to present you with this excerpt from Addicts and Basements by Robert Vaughan. Robert has a Baltimore…
Novel Excerpt: These Days by Margo Christie
April 30, 2014
Today I am Happy to feature an excerpt from Margo Christie’s novel, These Days, These Days is a semi-autobiographical romp…
National Poetry Month: Carla Jean Valluzzi’s Oulipost
April 23, 2014
“April is the cruellest month, breeding. Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing. Memory and desire, stirring. Dull roots with…
Excerpt: Mother’s Day at The Orphanage by David Leigh Abts and Michael Shattuck
April 15, 2014
Artwork by Carly Silverman, MICA 06 “Mothers Day at The Orphanage” is collection of semi-autobiographical short stories about odd jobs, fake…
Mark Cugini Talks About His New Collection of Poems, I’m Just Happy To Be Here
March 25, 2014
D.C. poet, publisher, and all-around tornado of enthusiasm and goodness, Mark Cugini, is alive and happy about it. He wants…
Fiction: Heather Rounds
March 18, 2014
IN CASE YOU SEARCH FOR DEATHWORMS IN MONGOLIA Go in June or July, those wet days known as the worm’s active…
Grunion Run by Juliet Escoria
March 11, 2014
Today I am excited to feature Grunion Run by Juliet Escoria. The story, which first appeared in Everyday Genius (What…
PUBLICATIONS AND MULTIPLES FAIR THIS WEEKEND
March 5, 2014
Adam Robinson sent me this heads up about the 5th Annual Open Space Publications and Multiples Fair happening this weekend.…
Prose Poetry: Of The Moon by Claire Phelan
March 4, 2014
Of The Moon Got a twenty percent on the last test, it’s almost nostalgia, that pre-college feeling of incredibly stupid,…
Why This Empty Bottle Is As Hollow As My Soul by Carl Kuleck
February 19, 2014
His name was Matt, but to protect the anonymity of the subject we’ll call him Natt. He was the boss…
Lung Picnic by Quincy Rhoads
February 4, 2014
Kieran went out to lunch with his body—specifically his lungs and his balls. They met at the greasy spoon by…
Fiction: 2 by Charlotte Benedetto
January 28, 2014
Queen Anne Mall Incident An attractive young woman is disciplining her child for whining outside a toy store in a…
Interview: Tim Paggi’s Work Ethic
January 20, 2014
Poetry is not always concerned with standing at intersections in yellow woods or chasing repetitious ravens from your chamber door,…
Poetry: 2 by Sarah Jane Miller
January 15, 2014
Everyone’s Birthday A miraculous riverboat divides the clustered flock of walleye fish, those scaled lions ponderously vast. Here cries…
