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What I’m Reading

Everybody knows that good writing takes good reading. To make up for the un-writing I am doing, I am reading many many books, all by women.

Writing Prompts From Redaction! Pt. 3

Our friends, Matt and Mesha, originally built up Redaction for an undergraduate research project. The fact that it’s taken on a life of its own proves that a good idea lasts long after its creators leave. For those folks in Asheville, the Redaction group meets on Fridays in the UNCA Writing Center. We welcome serious … Continue reading »

Writing Prompts from Redaction! pt. 2

To continue the thread of Amy’s post re: writing prompts from our writing group, here are some flotsam & some jetsam. As an imagist poet, the series of concrete image writing prompts we utilized throughout the summer were not only handy, but miraculous: 5 concrete images on the topic “Friday Night” (I did more than … Continue reading »

Highlights from Summer Redaction! 1

Involving crazy writing prompts, which you are welcome to steal. We’d love it if you’d share. Over the summer, our writing group, Redaction!–which is a collaborative community space where anyone can share their writing and receive thoughtful critique–took a more experimental turn. Instead of bringing in pieces of writing, we got together and wrote short … Continue reading »