by Natalie DeYoung | Mar 15, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The art of persuasion We’ve been studying the art of persuasion in one of my classes. Persuasion involves using rhetoric in a skilled manner; word choice, style, and structure all contribute to an argument’s overall...
by Nathan James | Mar 8, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Rule the world Every once in a while, I get a reminder of the power of words. Lately they’ve been as easy to find as a certain chain coffeeshop. They’ve been slipped under my door: my alderman’s up for re-election...
by Natalie DeYoung | Mar 1, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Burn out or fade away? I have vacation on the brain. All I can think about is my own private wilderness with plenty of snacks and no work to think of. Naps, too–plenty of naps. I am overworked and overtired and I just. Need....
by Nathan James | Feb 23, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Burn and fizzle Sunday was my two year blog anniversary. I remember that night after my first post. I couldn’t sleep; I kept thinking of better ways to phrase my sentences or fretting that I’d missed a typo. Even after...
by Natalie DeYoung | Feb 16, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Afresh I’ve had to do a lot of rereading for work lately. Any time I teach a book I haven’t read in the last five years, I give it another read to make sure it’s all fresh in my brain–characters, plot, style,...
by Rowan | Feb 12, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, the speakeasy, Winners, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Got big plans for the weekend? Yeah, me too. I’m going to do some yardwork and start writing the posts for next month’s technique and poetry slam. There, now you’re all my accountability buddies. Hard to believe...
