I thought I’d add something new to my website this year: recognizing other writers’ work. Writing is such a lonely business, made lonelier lately by Covid-19. Who hasn’t felt some level of isolation, purposelessness, or angst? To help ward off such things, here are a few pieces of writing that have restored my faith and encouraged me to keep at this thing I can’t seem to not do even when I wonder why it matters.
- “Plume: An Investigation,” an essay by Mary Heather Noble, published in True Story, Issue 34.
- “Break Down Easy,” an essay by Terrance Manning Jr., winner of the Conger Beasley Jr. Award for the Essay, published in New Letters, Vol. 86, Nos. 1 & 2.
- “Black-Woman,” a short story by Brianna Johnson, published in The Kenyon Review, May/June 2020.
- “Thornhope, Indiana,” a short story by Jon Gingerich, winner of The Saturday Evening Post‘s 2020 Great American Fiction Contest.
- “Mom Cell,” an essay by Shawna Green, published in Peatsmoke, Fall 2020.
- “Some, If We’re Lucky,” a short story by Sam Simas in Peatsmoke, Spring 2021.
- “Wonderland,” a short story by Craig Anderson in Peatsmoke, Spring 2022.
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