Wednesday, February 8, 2012

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Writing Sample

FLASH NONFICTION

Iredell goes back to school by undertaking the first in a series of essays in response to the University of Georgia’s system-wide writing exam for college undergrads.

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Moonscape

ESSAY

Siri Zernand Müller left New York City a while ago.

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Swallows in Midair

MEMOIR

Meg Worden is a witness to grief, gravity, and unexpected new life on September 11, 2001.

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In All the Great Terror

POEM

Quincy Lehr combs the mesh of a city, and its media, for the telling uncertainties in the aftermath of 9/11.

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Why I Won’t Be Celebrating the 4th of July Early

ESSAY

To commemorate the one week anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death, Brian Eckert chugs Budweiser and chants “USA!” Or not.

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My Nostradamus Novel

BOOKS & PUBLISHING

Matt Stewart thinks he’s pulled off the strangest and most precise prediction in a novel ever.

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Jumpers

MEMOIR

9/11 blasphemy takes the shape of a Las Vegas billboard and tower.

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American Subversive: Talking with David Goodwillie

INTERVIEW

David Goodwillie discusses his debut novel, American Subversive, and the roots of his interest in domestic terrorism.

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Paul A. Toth & THE 9/11 Novel: A Self-Interview

ARTS & CULTURE SELF-INTERVIEWS

Paul A. Toth provides the first macro perspective of 9/11 in Airplane Novel, which features a very unique narrator. Toth discusses how he developed the novel’s unique structure and narrative style and the response of publishers to the book. He also explains why only his strange narrator could provide the first inside-out perspective so key to Airplane Novel.

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