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 »
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What is An Author Collective?
Let’s be honest: writing has never been a path to fame or fortune. As writers, very few of us achieve overwhelming economic success. Enough to survive, to keep us together between grants and residencies, or just enough to keep writing for the demands of publishers. Publishers themselves are mostly looking for the “next bestseller,” and … Continue reading »
Allison Smith: An Actual Nice Person
Allison is a writer of non-fiction essays, feminist Tweets, and the occasional bomb-ass cover letter. She would hold hands with the Oxford comma if it asked, but she won’t force it upon your writing. She loves the weird web-y world of communication, wants to follow you on Instagram, and can’t wait to see where publishing … Continue reading »
Jesse Rice-Evans: Good at Talking
Jesse Rice-Evans is a lapsed Catholic with a penchant for nectarines, community acupuncture, catnip and, like any self-respecting poet, sunsets. She writes surrealist and imagistic prose poetry about myth, magic, sex & food. She also writes critical cultural essays that moulder on her hard drive and quickly dissolve into untimeliness. She is our event coordinator … Continue reading »
Introducing!
…the Juniper Bends Author Collective. We are a passionate group of young writers based in Asheville, NC, brought together by our love of the written word–not as a consumable product, but as self-expression, communication, art. We despise boundaries, refuse to be confined by genre or form, and adore the weird and wonderful. Juniper Bends began … Continue reading »
