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Literature, Culture & Arts | Estd. 2022

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  • Craft - Culture - Sports - Weekly Features

    Writing as Bull Riding

    21 September 2025

    Guinotte Wise — Excerpt: Rodeo vis-à-vis writing. You’ll encounter BS in both, especially the writing, as the internet’s BS factor has risen considerably.

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  • Craft - Culture - Literature - Sports - Weekly Features

    The Sports Writing Voice That Has Stuck with Me the Most: Maya Angelou’s “Champion of the World”

    29 December 2024

    Matthew Johnson — Excerpt: Angelou is not just telling the play-by-play of an ordinary sporting event; she invites her readers to experience it.

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“Breasts” by Allison Field Bell published in Issue 4, chosen for Best Microfiction 2026 by Diane Seuss

Fictile Feelings, guest-edited by Sanjeev Sethi

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