"This work is unlike any other, in its range of rich, conjuring imagery and its dexterity, its smart voice. Carroll-Hackett doesn’t spare us—but doesn’t save us—she draws a blueprint of power and class with her unflinching pivot: matter-of-fact and tender." —Jan Beatty

Posts tagged ‘memoirs’

Daily Prompt Love <3 Follow

17 April 2019 

Make art about who’s following you. 

follow

 

Daily Prompt Love <3 Words, Skin

16 April 2019 

“I have so many words–“chink” words and :gook” words, too–that they do not fit on my skin.” — from The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston. 

Make art about the words you have, the words imprinted on your skin. 

words on skin

 

Daily Prompt Love <3 Nesting

15 April 2019 

Make art about nests, about nesting, about building a nest, about the topography of nests. 

nest

Daily Prompt Love Catch-Up <3 Anger

14 April 2019 

Make art about someone else’s anger, about being the target of or setting boundaries against someone else’s anger. Or about understanding that anger is often fear. 

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Friday Call for Submissions Love <3 Adanna

Adanna Literary Journal  is accepting poetry, fiction, essay, and book 
review submissions until May 1 for the Fall 2019 issue.

“We are looking for work that is devoted to the women’s experience.  All
topics must in some way explore women’s issues or experiences such as
motherhood, loss, issues of inequality, romantic relationships, the
experience of being a daughter, caretaker, etc.  We also welcome work
from the male perspective on these topics.”

Representative authors include:  Jennifer Arin, Ronda Broatch, Cheryl
Buchanan, Sarah Busse, Cathy Carlisi, George Drew, Patricia Fargnoli,
Alice B. Fogel, Ruth Foley, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Oscar Gonzales,
Penny Harter, Kathleen Hoerth, Claire Keyes, Kathleen Kirk, Judy
Kronenfeld, Katharyn Howd Machan, Marjorie Maddox, Robin Lim, John
McDermott, Judith H. Montgomery, Lois Greene Stone, Barbara Siman
Strouse and many others.

All published authors receive a free contributor’s copy.  To see full
guidelines visit https://www.adannaliteraryjournal.org/ 

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Daily Prompt Love <3 Burning Building

20 February 2019 

“you say love is a burning building: then run in:”–JP Dancing Bear

Make art about that burning building. 

Dean burning

Daily Prompt Love <3 Lost in the Branches

15 February 2019

Woke this morning to the heartbreaking sound of chainsaws, taking down several large oaks at the little church across the street, trees that are easily hundreds of years old. The crash as they fell echoed all around us. 

Make art about what’s lost when we lose a tree, about what’s lost in those branches, or about the spirit of trees. 

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