The Long Arc of Memoir with Susan Ross
Writing a memoir is not a cake walk for anyone, I suspect. But my fifteen-year journey from desire to fruition (but not yet publication) dragged me out of my comfort
Issue 1
All the Dark of the Unknown
On Human Landscape with Paul David Adkins
Florida • Florida Man Discussed the Top Ten Things to Do in Andytown, Florida, at the Beginning of Alligator Alley Between Fort Lauderdale and Naples • Manipulative Man of Slightly Below-Average Intelligence Who Traveled to Florida So He Could Be Executed for Killing Women Did What He Intended
Contingency Plans • What We Become • Salt Can Make a Small Wound Sing
Use This Image
Hooked
Beautiful Maladies
Foxfire
The Drift
Writing the Pandemic with Jacquelyn White
History and Form with Maggie Rosen
Oud
Modern Love • I’m a Bitch • The Book of Love
Booze and Bugs
Dispel
Extras
Visio Divina: A Practice with Erin Trondson
I have perhaps the most unique job in the world. In addition to being a poet, I am the Executive Director of a monastery. This particular monastery is now many things
On the Wall: Crafting with Akiva Israel
ORIGIN: Sometimes, I dream and wake up in paintings. I dream the oftenest of Goya, of being on his walls, the real walls in the Maestro's long lost home, LA
Writing Between Irony and Gravity with Ben Carter Olcott
Read "Enter the Hype House" Here This is one of the most original and compelling pieces we’ve read at Marrow in a long time. It has everything—YouTube fame, excessive wealth,
Our Exploration Mechanisms with Nikola Milosavljevic
"Lafayette" feels like such a poem of place. You do a brilliant job of conjuring the feeling of being in such a particular place and time. How do you approach
Normalizing the Weird with Rick Krizman
The story incorporates elements that feel unconventional or “weird,” but they’re presented in a way that feels entirely natural within the world you’ve built. How do you approach normalizing the
Infiltrating the House with Lynn Fuller
What sparked the idea for this story for you? Where do you draw inspiration for your work?The piece was originally written for a ghost story contest, though that’s not my
Control and Writing Implicitly with Amy DeBellis
Where did the premise of this story come from?At first, I had the vague idea that I wanted to write about a package. Then I realized that the package itself
Casting Spells with Gerald Yelle
I love how much emotional tension you've created in these two short pieces. I was thinking about them for days after, all the terse sentences and how I couldn't decide
Crafting Tension with Timothy Day
This story feels quiet thanks to its forest setting, but it’s also quite tense – and the tension ramps up incrementally, building towards the reveal at the end. How did
Make a List: Writing Prompt by Leila Baron
When I sit down to write and feel stuck - or am working with a student who feels stuck - many of the prompts out there seem too specific (“It