Excerpt: Jessica Jopp’s FROM THE LONGING ORCHARD
September 1, 2023
2 shares Facebook2 Threads Mastodon Bluesky By Jessica Jopp From the first time the girls heard their parents mention the…
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One Question: Jessica Jopp
September 1, 2023
Hypertext Magazine asked Jessica Jopp, author of From the Longing Orchard, “There are several moments in your novel when a…
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When Something Clicks—Taking A Leap of Faith Into Fiction Writing: An Interview With Janice Deal
August 26, 2023
By Karen Halvorsen Schreck Wide-ranging research takes me to unusual places. Surprises often await me there. Opportunities for connection, too.…
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Beyond Oppenheimer: An Interview with Alcante, Laurent-Frédéric Bollée, and Denis Rodier About Illustrating the History of the Atom Bomb
August 11, 2023
By Lorraine Boissoneault For anyone swept up in the summer movie bonanza dubbed “Barbenheimer,” it might be tempting to think…
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Excerpt: Terry Tierney’s THE BRIDGE ON BEER RIVER
August 11, 2023
By Terry Tierney Make It Home Alive During my second beer the yelling begins upstairs. I try to block it…
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One Question: Terry Tierney
August 11, 2023
Hypertext Magazine asked Terry Tierney, author of The Bridge of Beer River, “You have said your first novel Lucky Ride…
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Excerpt: M. Evelina Galang’s WHEN THE HIBISCUS FALLS: STORIES
July 14, 2023
By M. Evelina Galang When my twin and I turn sixty-five, the women in the city begin coming out of…
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One Question: M. Evelina Galang
July 14, 2023
Hypertext Magazine asked M. Evelina Galang, author of When the Hibiscus Falls: Stories, “What obsessions recur in your work and…
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Diving the Deep Ocean and Making Unexpected Connections: An Interview with Brad Fox
July 7, 2023
By Lorraine Boissoneault To learn about the deep sea is to immerse oneself in both wonder and terror. Utter darkness,…
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Excerpt: Jan Stinchcomb’s VERUSHKA
June 30, 2023
By Jan Stinchcomb Verushka was always different. Her mother, Elena, hoped her daughter would be just like her, a born…
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One Question: Jan Stinchcomb
June 30, 2023
Hypertext Magazine asked Jan Stinchcomb, author of Verushka, “How did you handle your villain?” By Jan Stinchcomb Carefully. There’s nothing…
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Nothing Like A Havana Hangover: An Interview With Randy Richardson
June 27, 2023
By WC Turck I came to know Randy Richardson through his work as a founding member and president of the…
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Still Life With Fragrance: An Interview With JSA Lowe
June 23, 2023
By Jael Montellano I think of JSA Lowe’s poems the way I think of American trompe l’oeil, the oils so…
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A Woman’s Creative Life Revised: An Interview with Lynn Sloan
March 31, 2023
By Patricia Ann McNair It was through her photography that I first became acquainted with Lynn Sloan, but it is…
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Excerpt: Karin Cecile Davidson’s THE GEOGRAPHY OF FIRST KISSES
March 24, 2023
By Karin Cecile Davidson The Geography of First KissesCompass Points The first was Leon. A small, muscular boy. A midshipman…
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One Question: Karin Cecile Davidson
March 24, 2023
Hypertext Magazine asked Karin Cecile Davidson, author of The Geography of First Kisses, “Of all the stories in The Geography…
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Kaleidoscope: An Interview With Dawn Raffel
March 17, 2023
By Jael Montellano I imagine entering the 1933 Century of Progress Fair felt to Chicagoans of the day like it…
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Excerpt: Jessica Bell’s A TIDE SHOULD BE ABLE TO RISE DESPITE ITS MOON
March 10, 2023
By Jessica Bell A breath of earth hides in shallow water. A small boy disrupts its peace as he plucksit…
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One Question: Jessica Bell
March 10, 2023
Hypertext Magazine asked Jessica Bell, author of A Tide Should Be Able to Rise Despite Its Moon, “Why are all…
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Cosmodrift by Jordan Nishkian
March 7, 2023
The sky was still pink with morning by the time Celia had Namid seated at the kitchen table. The floor…
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November Forest by Will Neal
March 7, 2023
In the darkness between aspens like obscure pillars of mottled silver mist drifted over the ground and toward the sky…
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Good Farmers Tend Their Crops by Andréa Rivard
March 7, 2023
The Henderson family moved to Burlington so that John could open another Dollar General. John already had a successful store…
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Altar by Erin Miller
March 7, 2023
The boy’s hands crashed around the bird, easy as anything else. His body was rigid for a second, tense with…
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Dear Captain by Alex Sese
March 7, 2023
You wake up early, like always, even before the ship’s environment system says it’s time to turn on the lights…
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Charlie Learns an Important Lesson by Odette Lester Brady
March 7, 2023
Charlie puts the first scream down to a nightmare. She waits for it to evaporate, for the soft edge of…
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Find Your Light by Allison Vincent
March 7, 2023
 CONTENT WARNING: DISCUSSION OF DEATH, GRIEF, LOSS Michel had spent so long pretending to escape from a box that Alphonse…
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An Order of Fishes by Calla Nell Preece
March 7, 2023
One day we were talking. She would never hide her talking much about anything, but she was struggling now. We…
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Don’t You Forget About Me by Richard Goodwin
March 7, 2023
The tree stood at the edge of a polluted field that bordered a high-security prison. Each year she would drive…
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Poetry by Kathleen Rooney
March 7, 2023
Wind Who can claim they came to Chicago for the weather? City of windbags, city of wind. Sometimes I say…
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Poetry by E. Hughes
March 7, 2023
On Her Leaving Once, a man called us the original sin.I call what we were my attempt to walkon the…
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