Places Poe lived from 1809 to 1849 and the Poe Museum in Richmond Virginia, leads to a look at the writer’s house as a pilgrimage shrine.
Edgar Allan Poe: Writer in Residence
Tag: writer
Going Postal
A struggling author, must decide whether the revenge he contemplates for harsh criticism of a short story may have gone too far.
the cause of personal big bang conserved in a malformed dome
the cause of personal big bang conserved in a malformed dome
my head is reduced to a snow globe
The pen and the brush are all I have
An exploration of the artist’s dilemma – the guilt and necessity of creating beauty amidst unimaginable global suffering and strife.
let it be
let insanity run its course let wells dry and thoughts go awry embrace the natural rivers of intention let the sound of silence become…
Just Another Poet
Just another poet. There will always be another poet to take my place.
The Carny Contessa
A successful Hollywood writer, meets an unconventional protagonist and writes a new “chapter” for his career.
On “Writing What You Know” When You Can’t Write About Yourself
“Write what you know” is common writing advice. But how do we make this mean something and make it a part of our own writing?
Jean Paul
One of literature’s great eccentrics, Jean Paul was popular in Germany in the late 1700s and early 1800s.
Almost End of a Line
This poem reflects my love of mythology, teaching and learning, and above all of the ways in which words collide.
On Poetics (and matters of similar tedium)
A look at the current literary scene as someone sees it (mainly).
Something Remains
When inspiration is gone something remains, writing.
600°
We’ve heard about witches, books, and historical monuments being burned to ash, but what happens when it becomes writers instead?
Procrastination
A short personal essay on vulnerability and the writing process.
Who Killed Publishing
A literary agent struggles with how to reject a worthy author and wonders how the industry got to the point where this is the norm.
A review of Heather McQuillan’s Where Oceans Meet
Where Oceans Meet is a book of flash fiction stories that read like poetry.
Author Eva Wong Nava
I would like to introduce Eva Wong Nava, a very talented writer, contributor to Literary Heist, and novelist.