Reviewed by William Bernhardt Just when the cynics begin to wonder if the short story as a literary form is lost, moribund, or permanently encased in amber, Third Lung Press presents a collection that reminds us how rich, how enriching, and how truly American this form is. Want v. Need: Stories from Pottawatomie County is […]
Anastasia Wickham
October 2, 2014 by 1 Comment
Anastasia Wickham earned her Ph.D. in English Education at the University of Oklahoma. She teaches middle school Language Arts, enabling her to fulfill her passions of inspiring young writers and creating a new generation of lifelong readers. Anastasia enjoys helping others record and edit their memories. She lives in Norman, Oklahoma, with her husband, stepdaughter, […]
William Bernhardt
July 15, 2014 by Leave a Comment
William Bernhardt is the author of more than thirty books, including the Ben Kincaid novels, the historical novel Nemesis: The Final Case of Eliot Ness (currently being adapted into a television mini-series), a series of books on fiction writing, and most recently, a book of poetry, The White Bird. In addition, Bernhardt founded the Red […]
Amy Susan Wilson
July 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Amy Susan Wilson has recently published in Southern Women’s Review, Fried Chicken and Coffee, This Land, Cybersoleil, Dead Mule, Crosstimbers, Red River Review, Red Dirt Review, The Literary Lawyer, and in other similar publications. Amy Susan’s poetry book, Honk If You Love Billy Ray, is forthcoming from Dead Mule Press; she is the Founder and Publisher […]
“Karma Crisis,” by Nathan Brown
October 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Reviewed by William Aarnes Nathan Brown’s Karma Crisis: New and Selected Poems (Mezcalita Press 2012) is an accessible, easy-going collection. Typically, the speaker in the poems seems to be Brown himself. A “wayfarer,” “a flaming liberal-hippie-type,” a “Hopeful cynic,” he is dismissive of Language Poets, postmodern theory, the Southern Baptist Convention, politicians, corporations, and […]