12 More Revision Prompts: Teaching Revision 14

April 19, 2017

This is a continuation of my posts on teaching revision. The first 22 revision prompts are here. Another 7 are here. If you’d like to contribute a guest post or response, please contact me at m [dot] salesses [at gmail etc.]. Research something fact-based or theory-based or historical, etc., and add at least 10 "facts" (or statements of information) from your research that seem relevant to the thematic content ...

Jacques Rancourt on Writing the Excessively Gay Book

April 12, 2017

This is a guest post from poet Jacques Rancourt. If you’re interested in contributing a guest post, please email me at m [dot] salesses [at gmail etc]. –Matthew Salesses, Website Editor Jacques J. Rancourt is the author of Novena, winner of the Lena-Miles Wever Todd prize (Pleiades Press, February 2017). He has held poetry fellowships from the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing, the Cité Internationale des ...

William Walsh on the Lost Presidential Chapter

April 04, 2017

This is a guest post from author William Walsh, following our posts on creative writing and Trump. If you're interested in contributing a guest post, please email me at m [dot] salesses [at gmail etc]. --Matthew Salesses, Website Editor William Walsh’s new book, Forty-four American Boys, is available from Outpost19. His previous books include Unknown Arts, Questionstruck, Pathologies, Ampersand, Mass., Stephen King ...

Jesse Goolsby on Flash Fiction

March 26, 2017

In a follow-up to our congratulations to author Jesse Goolsby on the inclusion of his Pleiades story, "Waist Deep at Hapuna," in Best Small Fictions 2017, Pleiades editor Phong Nguyen asked Goolsby three questions about the story and flash fiction. His answers are below. Be sure to check out the anthology and issue 36.2, in which you can find the story. Purchase a subscription to Pleiades here. - Pleiades: What ...