Andrew Hemmert’s “Blessing the Exoskeleton” is a collection of witty, meditative poems mixed with serious contemplative works.
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All articles filed in Matthew Duffus
Matthew Duffus is the author of the novel Swapping Purples for Yellows, the poetry chapbook Problems of the Soul and Otherwise, and the story collection Dunbar's Folly and Other Stories. After fifteen years in North Carolina, he recently moved to Indiana, where he is Writing Center director at Earlham College.
“Useful Junk” Explores Memory, Multiple Lives, and the Ephemerality of Selfies
A review of Erika Meitner’s sixth collection of poetry, “Useful Junk.”
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“Writing Close to the Bone”: an Interview with Steve Yarbrough
An interview with author Steve Yarbrough about his latest novel, “Stay Gone Days”
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Indefinable and Great, Joanna Pearson’s “Now You Know It All”
A review of Joanna Pearson’s “Now You Know It All: Stories”
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Confronting Traditional Custom and Belief in 21st Century Southern Writing
“Twenty-First-Century Southern Writers: New Voices, New Perspectives,” edited by Jean W. Cash and Richard Gaughran, presents overviews and analyses of nineteen contemporary Southern fiction writers.
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Dealing with Disaster in “Second Story”
Denise Duhamel’s latest collection, “Second Story,” is poetry of its time, addressing gun violence, white privilege, aging, and Covid-19.
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A Correlation Between Artistry and Solitude
Fenton Johnson’s “At the Center of All Beauty: Solitude and the Creative Life” examines artists from Thoreau to Rabindranath Tagore to Nina Simone to study the relationship between solitude and artistry.
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“White Blood” Dives into Personal and Public History and Injustice in Virginia
Kiki Petrosino’s poetry collection “White Blood” explores history, slavery and injustice in Virginia.
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