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Memory and desire are common themes in Joe Gastiger's prose poems. In his latest collection, If You So Desire, he uses historically famous people to…
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Two writers meet in a bar called The Jesuit in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The older one is struggling to finish the final book in his contract. The…
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The title, Annabelle and the Sandhog, introduces two of the book's main characters, so let's take them in order:Annabelle is a nursing-home aide who…
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When you write a novel, how much of your life experience do you give to your characters? And how much of that experience do you fictionalize?This question…
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Performance artist. Visual artist. World's Best Dishwasher.These are just a few of the things Jesus Correa lists on his website. He also ran for Mayor of…
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The latest book in our 2015 Winter Book Series is a novel set during a time when evangelical authors and publishers pushed for wider recognition of books…
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If you saw Ron Modell leading Northern Illinois University's Jazz Ensemble, you'd recognize the title of his memoir, Loved Bein' Here With You.If you…
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Ernest Hemingway. Joyce Carol Oates. John Updike. Annie Proulx.These are just some of the writers whose work has appeared in The Best American Short…
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This week WNIJ is highlighting shorter literary works from northern Illinois authors. Today, we welcome back Susan Azar Porterfield, who has two new poems…
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This Autumn, WNIJ again invites northern Illinois authors to read, and discuss, their stories. Recently, a trio of writers published shorter works that…