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Feb13

Fairy Tales Incorporat...

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A themed tour with Prism Book Tours. Today on The Quotable, we have a guest post by author Althea Kontis who is on a book AND blog tour for her recently published novel, the third in her Woodcutter sister series, “Dearest.” In her post, see how her life and imagination shaped the...

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Jan17

Life After the Writing...

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Today’s blog post comes from Gwen Hart, whose poems “Flight of the Six Wild Turkeys” and “Life in the Circus” are featured in our newly published Issue 15: Desire.  Uh-oh, you’ve graduated, and you no longer have a writing workshop to go to. Don’t despair....

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My Accountability as a Writer By Tai Farnsworth
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Dec18

My Accountability as a...

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In my MFA program we’re required to write a critical paper. It’s meant to combine issues of social justice with literature. Even as a long time reader and writer, I had never truly thought of literature as an instrument of social change. But once I started looking, I couldn’t stop....

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Nov19

Thinking Outside The B...

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Today’s guest post is by Emma Rasmussen. Her creative nonfiction piece,”Expensive Sex,” appears in the Danger issue of The Quotable. She lives in London. It’s the chair’s fault I can’t write. It’s an absurd choice. The seat is so high my thighs cut into the little...

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Oct17

1-900-GET-REAL (438-73...

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Today’s guest blog comes from Brian Druckenmiller. As my story “Mail” is set for publication in Issue #14 of The Quotable, I thought it best to address an issue concerning augury—a major component of my piece, but not in the piece’s creation. Let me start by making this clear:...

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Aug30

Waiting for Story

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Today’s guest post is by Susan Frith. Waiting for Story   I was 13 when I got my ears pierced. The lady at the mall told me to keep the hypoallergenic studs in place for six weeks, but I couldn’t wait that long.  Eager to advertise my rite of passage, I swapped out my sensible...

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Jun16

Lucky You

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Today’s guest post is by Lauren Camp, whose poems “Walking” and “Empty and Full” appear in The Quotable Issue 13, themed “Luck.” I teach very accomplished adults about writing. This doesn’t mean teaching them how to write creatively, so much as...

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Jun05

Let That Be Enough

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Today’s guest post is by Adam Cooper, whose poems “The Sage on His Mountain” and “Backbone” appear in Issue 13 of The Quotable. I would never call myself a writer: I simply don’t write enough to warrant the title.  Although I’ve been writing off and on...

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Jun01

The Composition Crunch

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Today’s guest post is from David Walker, whose poem “Upon Visiting my Father” will appear in Issue 13, themed “Luck.” As a poet, you believe in freedom of expression in its many forms. You know what you like and dislike, but you would never want to put...

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The Quotable was a quarterly online and print magazine of fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry and art showcasing tomorrow’s quote-worthy authors. Each issue featured stories, poetry and artwork based on a specific theme and quote. Our last issue was published in 2017.