Poetry

The Able Muse

The Alsop Review

The Atlantic Monthly: An Audible Anthology

LitLine

Poetry Daily

Poetrynet

Poets of Interest

The Academy of American Poets

The Cortland Review

Verse Daily

The Kenyon Review, a downloadable issue of the entire journal (check this out)

Poems by individual poets

 

                    Fiction

"The Birds for Christmas," a short story by Mark Richard

"Breakfast," the first chapter in Tony Earley's novel Jim, the Boy

"I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down," by William Gay

An excerpt from Josh Russell's novel Yellow Jack.

"The Pirate Story," by Ron Carlson

A site with questions worth considering when reading or writing fiction.

 

                                        Creative Nonfiction

A sampling of quotes about the essay form

A journal of brief creative nonfiction called Brevity

Check out the web page for Creative Nonfiction, a leading journal

"A Baseball above the Backstop," by Jeff Hardin

"Blue Hollow Road," by Cheryl Hinson

"The Epileptic Ice-Cream Man," Jenai Rodgers

"For My Daughter on Her First Birthday," by Jeff Hardin

                       Miscellaneous

A glossary of poetic terms

David Lehman comments on Bush not including an inaugural poet

See the list of books on reserve at the library or in the stacks

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