Kyle McCord and Nick Courtright Southwest Reading Tour--May 14 in Phoenix!

Kyle McCord (who had a poem in HFR52) and Nick Courtright will be reading tomorrow (Wednesday), May 14th at 11th Monk3y Industries at 7 PM with alum Bojan Luis!

Nick Courtright is the author of Let There Be Light, out now from Gold Wake Press, and Punchline, a 2012 National Poetry Series finalist. His work has appeared in The Southern Review, AGNI, Boston Review, and Kenyon Review Online, among numerous others, and a chapbook, Elegy for the Builder’s Wife, is available from Blue Hour Press. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, Michelle, and sons, William and Samuel; also, he teaches writing and literature at Concordia University.

Sam MartoneMay 13, 2014Contributor News, Poetry, Readings, issue 52

Oyster Shells, Broken Bones, and Snow-Houses: A Conversation with Catherine Zobal Dent

In a week we'll be closing our "500 for 500" Flash-Prose contest. We're so excited to have Catherine Zobal Dent, author of Unfinished Stories of Girls, judging the contest.

I first met Catherine five years ago. I was an undergraduate writing major at Susuquehanna University, and Catherine and her partner, Silas, were applying for an Associate Professor position at the SU Writers Institute. To no one's surprise, they got the job. Over the following years, I was fortunate enough to know Catherine first as a professor, and then as an adviser, writing mentor, author, and friend.

Dana DMay 9, 2014500 words, Art, Contests, Fiction, Flash-Prose Contest, Issue 55, Susquehanna University

Contributor Spotlight: Ross Losapio

I’ve been told that love poems and funny poems are the most difficult variety to write. I’d add travel poems to that list, as well. Let me start over.

For many, the pursuit of a career in writing is quite literally that. Pursuit. One that has taken (and continues to take) me from state to state, school to school, and job to job, following barely visible tracks and trails. A mentor here, a workshop community there. A published poem here, a note of encouragement there. Sacrifices have to be made and things tend to get complicated when a second person enters the picture, especially if that person is also a writer.

Sam MartoneMay 8, 2014Contributor Spotlight, Poetry, issue 54

Contributor Spotlight: Will Firth

I had heard good things about HFR through some grapevine or other, so I was pretty thrilled when one of the editors approached me in late 2013 and asked if I’d like to submit one of my translations for Issue 54. That was my first, brief reaction.

Sam MartoneMay 1, 2014Contributor Spotlight, International, Translation, issue 54

Contributor Spotlight: Jane Wong

“Familiar Stranger” is from a larger series with seven poems of the same title. My poem in HFR is the first one I wrote; while writing, I was thinking about the thin line between certainty and uncertainty, moving from the certainty of “to break a bottle” and “must fill it with chemicals” to the doubt-filled “Had I spent all/day driving? It’s hard to say.”

Sam MartoneApril 30, 2014Contributor Spotlight, Poetry, issue 54

She Writes Her Destiny & Dies by Yousef el Qedra

She Writes Her Destiny & Dies by Yousef el Qedra translated by Yasmin Snounu, Edward Morin & George Khoury [ed. note: this translation can be found, along with many others in HFR53]

Sam MartoneApril 25, 2014International, Poetry, Translation, issue 53

Behind the Masthead: Gary Garrison, Prose Editor

Have you heard about the new staff of HFR? Our intrepid intern Kacie Blackburn already spoke with Brian Bender, our new international poetry editor, and now she's interviewed one of the prose editors, Gary Garrison. Check out their interview below, and if you want to put this new staff to work, check out our flash prose contest--deadline: May 15th!

Sam MartoneApril 24, 2014Behind the Masthead, Editing, Fiction, Interview, Nonfiction, Prose

This Week in History, Earth Day Inspires a Brief Glimpse into Literature and the Environment

Is there any day on the calendar that is not marked with "National Something Day"?

April 21 is National Chocolate Covered Cashews Day (now I am wondering who forgot to inform me that I should have been celebrating the union of two of my favorite snacks yesterday) as well as National Kindergarten Day. April 23 is National Talk Like Shakespeare Day (the slightly less popular cousin to National Talk Like a Pirate Day, which occurs on September 19) as well as National Picnic Day, National Take a Chance Day and National Cherry Cheesecake Day.

Tricia HesterApril 23, 2014Earth Day, Environment, Fiction, History and Fiction, Poetry

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