Those of us who have the pleasure of knowing and reading Rusty Barnes are completely aware of what a talented writer he is, and I better just say it right off—I'm a long-time fan. His fiction is gritty and human, his setting as real as it comes. Especially in this high-stakes novel Reckoning, set in [...]
From Gently Read Literature Spring 2014 In the spare yet rich poetry of Doug Holder's book Eating Grief at 3:00 AM, published by Muddy River Books, there is a symphony of voices, places, and sounds. So clear are the ambiences, the run-down settings, the often broken, yet not always unhappy people who populate these poems, it's [...]
Guidelines The AWP HEAT Flash Contest is run in conjunction with AWP HEAT, a reading on Friday, March 8, at Dillon's Restaurant & Bar, Boston, 955 Boylston Street, one block from Hynes Convention Center. Free. 2:30 – 6:30 p.m. Winners of contest announced at 4:00 p.m. at AWP HEAT. Respond to this prompt: “Fire” Anyone may [...]