Allison Armijo // Blog Writer Have you ever brought your idol back from the dead? Have you ever wanted to? Melissa Lozada-Oliva is a Guatemalan and Colombian American author. Winning the 2015 National Poetry Slam for her poem, “Like Totally…
Allison Armijo // Blog Writer Raymond Carver is known for his minimalist writing style, through which he challenges his audience to read between the lines, emphasizing the idea that what is said is sometimes just as important as what isn’t.…
Andi Smith // Blog Writer I’ll ask you a question that seems simple: what is historical fiction? That’s not a trick question: it’s just fiction set in a historical moment. It is, however, a bit of a trick answer. According…
Allison Armijo // Blog Writer From Stephen King’s On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft to Ray Bradbury’s Zen in the Art of Writing, authors, both new and old, have provided readers and fans with the opportunity to gain insight…
Isabella Rodrigues // Wilde Press Author “You have to stretch before you run a marathon.” That’s what I kept telling myself while writing The Destruction of One, Penelope Evans while marooned at my grandparent’s house over the summer. I had…
Alli Armijo // Blog Writer Known for her bildungsroman The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros is celebrated for confronting the innocence of childhood with a perspective tainted by the reality of a lived experience. In her essay “Guadalupe the…
Alli Armijo // Blog Writer What defines something as realistic? And who has the authority to decide what is realistic? Especially in the realm of literature, realism can often be subverted for drama or fantasy, which is beneficial in the sense that…
Andi Smith // Blog Writer Rachel Barenbaum, author of A Bend in the Stars, told me that she wanted to be able to see her characters’ worlds as well as they did: “If they’re on a dock, I want to…
Lauren Simpson // Blog Writer Pursuing a career in the arts can be daunting for a plethora of reasons, one being the competition with no guarantee of success. Publishing your first novel is a feat that every aspiring writer hopes…
Olivia Smith // Blog Director Finding places to submit your work can be one of the hardest parts of writing. With hundreds of different presses, journals, and literary magazines, the choices are overwhelming. Sure, there are plenty of catalogs – DuoTrope, The…
