“The Impermanence of Human Sculptures,” by Tanaya Winder
…into the exact shape of emptiness. Unstable. Like a cloth-covered coffin, left crumpling in the wind, like paper. Or Eva. Dear Eva, diagnosed with a brain tumor. Eva…
“The Locust: A Foundational Narrative,” by Ellen McGrath Smith
…a scribble, the seismograph needle correcting itself in tight little harsh little angles. Here are the possible triple-play combinations: shortstop to third base to second to first, or more commonly,…
Kate Angus Awarded Spring 2014 Orlando Creative Nonfiction Prize
…That sense of being heard–that my work now has a life outside of just my brain and a folder on my desktop–lets me separate enough from the piece to start…
Camille Dungy: Orlando Poetry Judge
…spent four years researching Suck on the Marrow in order to be able to accurately represent the 19th-century world I write about in that book, but paying this kind of…
“Lake as Body,” by Denise Leto
…in dirt. There was no because. Her nakedness drew that older part of the brain asking: for more, more touch her more. Yes, there. It filled her mouth, covered her…