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Issue #89 Two Poems by Mary Kovaleski Byrnes

Meeting House — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 04:48:37 +0000

This week, we're excited to feature two poems by Mary Kovaleski Byrnes. Mary is a lecturer in the First Year Writing Program at Emerson College, where she recently received her MFA in Creative Writing. Her work has appeared in numerous literary journals, including the Minnetonka Review, the Squaw Valley Review, Poets & Artists, PANK, and Silk Road, and her travel writing has appeared on Boston.com's Passport. She lives in Cambridge, MA. Read on!

Issue #88 Two Poems by Joel Johnson

Meeting House — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 21:16:15 +0000

This week we're excited to feature two poems by Joel Johnson. Joel F. Johnson lives in obscurity in Concord, MA. He is a member of the Concord Poetry Center and has attended the Colrain Manuscript Conference. His poems have been accepted for publication in Blackbird, the Aurorian and Gray Sparrow. Read on!

Issue #87 An Interview with Jim Shepard

Meeting House — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:37:45 +0000

Jim Shepard is the author of six novels, including Project X and Nosferatu, and four books of short stories. His 2007 short-story collection, Like You'd Understand, Anyway, was was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the Story Prize. His most recent collection, You Think That's Bad, was published this spring. The New York Times praised Shepard's "taut, high-concept, research-dependent fiction." "Historical fiction is typically so ample and epilogic that the 'historical short story' may seem a contradiction in terms," wrote the Times, "but Shepard has made himself, in particular, a master of this small, tricky subgenre." Mr. Shepard is a professor at Williams College where he teaches courses in creative writing and film. He was kind enough to answer some of our questions by email.

Issue #86 “Santos” by Jane Dykema

Meeting House — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 22:44:59 +0000

This week we have a story by Jane Dykema. Jane is a writer and assistant to a doctor at Partners in Health's domestic PACT Project. She lives with her husband and two Satos in Boston and is applying to MFA programs this year. Read on!

Issue #85 “The Sea” by Stacy Spencer Thompson

Meeting House — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:45:07 +0000

This week, we have another story by Stacy Spencer Thompson. Stacy is a copy editor and writer currently pursuing her MFA in fiction through the University of Southern Maine's Stonecoast program. She lives in Somerville, MA, with her husband and three cats. You can read her story "A Pair of Peacocks" here.