Please join us TONIGHT, Thursday, April 18 at 6pm in the Wheatley Cafe, as we host Expanding the Circle led by Professors Meagan Lucas and Ed Karshner on writing, internships, and publishing.

I have a craft/CNF piece (my first ever!) over at Reckon Review—talking about music, noir, and the only two things I can be certain really exist. Thank you Charlotte Hamrick⚜️⚜️⚜️ and Meagan Lucas!!

Also, I put together a list of my favorite songs that tell a story. Check it out 👇

If you hanker for haints, boogers & witch stories from Berea Archives, this is for you! Thanx to Joe Robert Morris University AMC for recording, Tim & Harry for letting me use Leonard Roberts' collection. Thank you Reckon Review for keeping my nose to the folklore grindstone.

Loved this one by SuperHeavy and Cowboy Jamboree Press (subs open for Texas Wind)

Ehhh. 5am flight. This is how much I love you, Pittsburgh. ✈️😴

Just sent over my eighth blurb of the year (so far) and lord, 2024 is a hot year for books. So proud of the killer work y'all are doing.

#Bookmail from last week but didn't share cause I needed to get my nails done before I took a picture, but now that I have the world's goodest boy in the picture too, you're not even going to look at my manicure.
**But that also means I've had time to read it, and it's great.

For tomorrow’s Reckon Review column, Charlotte Hamrick⚜️⚜️⚜️ helped me create a playlist of my favorite storytelling songs! Check it out below and let me know your faves 👇

So lovely to see my first baby getting some love. ❤️

New Creative Nonfiction today from Becs Tetley
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My non-bourbon-drinking husband had a guys trip in Kentucky this weekend, but obviously understood the assignment.

As a writer AI infuriates me. (If it could clean my house, or taxi my kids, my mind could be changed.) As an educator I recognize I need to teach my students to use it to their benefit.
To that end, I am amused/delighted by these AI written summaries of the reviews of my books.

Start your weekend early with this essay by Brian Panowich, LA Times Book Prize Finalist, Georgia Author of the Year, award-winning writer of Bull Mountain, Like Lions, & Hard Cash Valley, and one our favourite people.

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If you missed it, please check out this short piece about writing in @reckonreview today. Thank you, Charlotte Hamrick⚜️⚜️⚜️, Meagan Lucas, Sandra Knisely Barnidge, and staff for all you do!

'A few years ago, while in deep grief, I became aware that stories and poems reside in my body, not just in my head.'
New Wind & Root today from Guest Columnist Koss (Insta: @koss_singular) and Features Editor Charlotte Hamrick⚜️⚜️⚜️ :
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I really liked this story by Meagan Lucas. Check out her collection, 'Here In the Dark' for more excellent stories like this one.

“I don’t want to miss Barbara’s meltdown. I’m pretty sure I saw her hair on the floor like a dead possum.”

Wow does this woman know how to tell a story! Meagan Lucas in Revolution John

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Honored to have this 'lil piece in @reckonreview today. Thank you, Charlotte Hamrick⚜️⚜️⚜️ for your patience and editing. The hallmark of a good editor is meeting the writer where they are coming from. Charlotte does just that. TY also, Meagan Lucas and staff!
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“I hate her because she doesn’t want to do this, because she is only here because she has to be, and I’m humiliated anew”

⁦Meagan Lucas⁩
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Y’all, ⁦Meagan Lucas⁩ has given us something special! Love the voice, love the setting, and I hate that cow Barbara.

April 8, 2024: Fiction by Meagan Lucas – REVOLUTION JOHN. revolutionjohnjournal.wordpress.com/2024/04/08/apr…