Archive for May, 2015
Re-reading Your Influences: Beyond the Tip of Hemingway’s Iceberg by Brad Windhauser
Posted by virgowriter in Brad, Influences on May 26, 2015
Re-reading Your Influences: Beyond the Tip of Hemingway’s Iceberg by Brad Windhauser My senior year of undergrad, I took an upper-division grammar class, a course designed not to teach us grammar but rather to explore all the potential of the English language. Doing so would compel us to pay closer attention to our sentence structure […]
Neil Simon Taught Me How To Write A Play
Posted by LadyLadder in Guest Bloggers, Influences, Linda on May 23, 2015
by Linda Escalera Price As a child my favorite author was Madeleine L’Engle, Beverly Cleary, Judy Blume, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Ian Fleming, C.S. Lewis, L. Frank Baum, Ray Bradbury, Roald Dahl, Alfred Hitchcock and whoever wrote the book I was currently reading. I was very non-discriminatory – basically if it had words that told a […]
The Lunatics Who Built The Asylum
Posted by jarviswrites in Influences, Jennie on May 20, 2015
By Jennie Jarvis This month, we are looking back at the writers who inspired us, and I have to admit… I’m starting to think I might be just a little bit crazy. I always knew this to a degree, of course, but looking at all the works that inspired me, I’ve become quite, quite convinced […]
Thank You, Charlie!
Posted by wordimprovisor177 in Darlene, Influences on May 14, 2015
By Darlene Cah When I applied to the School of Visual Arts back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, I remember filling out a lengthy form with dozens of questions about my life as an artist, my commitment to art, and so on. These were difficult answers to put into words simply because I’d never given […]
Story by Darlene Cah to Appear in July Issue of Red Earth Review
Posted by wordimprovisor177 in Darlene, News on May 10, 2015
I’m pleased to announce my story, “My Fat Husband” will be published in the July 2015 issue of Red Earth Review, in print and online in a pdf download. Red Earth Review is the annual literary journal of the Oklahoma City University MFA Program. I’m honored to be included.