

Seven Tables: Poetry and Sustenance
Writers Who Read attended the Visual Arts Center reading and workshop by their teachers, Seven Tables: Poetry and Sustenance, on December...


Tiny Books, Death, & German Ekphrastic - or - Poetry Society Of Virginia Conference
May 20 & 21 the Poetry Society of Virginia held our annual conference at the Richmond Public Library 101 E. Franklin St. It was a packed...

An Interview with Jason Bates, founder of Punks Write Poems Press
Kim: What sparked your idea to start PunksWritePoems Press? Did you notice a unique need not currently being filled in the literary...


Moving Past the But-but-but-let-me-explain phenomenon
When a mommy blog, Brain, Child, published my poem, “The Art of Saying No,” I did not expect the backlash from some readers. One woman...

Upcoming Event
Ever wanted to write fiction? Interested in how stories are born? Come hear me speak this Thursday at Twin Hickory branch library - 5001...


NYC - Traces of Virginia
Two weeks in NYC bombards me with an abundance of sounds, smells, tastes, and sights so different from my peaceful suburb of Midlothian...


May-be Everything Will Be Alright
Real Spiel May Issue - READ ARCHIVE Reader's Block - Fancy Beasts by Alex Lemon, Into the Dark & Emptying Field by Rachel McKibbens, In...


Real Spiel - Holy Cow! It's My Birthday! April Issue
April Archive: 2 minute recommends for Bonnie ZoBell "What Happened Here", Paula Hawkins "The Girl on the Train", and Katherine Heiny...


Real Spiel - Ain't Gonna Cry March Issue Archive
Holly Gilliatt's St. Louis Sisters series What Alice Forgot review Word Jogger - writing prompt Rejection Notes from Editors - how to...


Real Spiel Archive - Be Mine Damn't - February Issue
Real Spiel Archive - Be Mine Damn't FEB Issue Joyce Carol Oates' "Where You Going? Where You Been?" 1 minute recommends for M.T....