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By Our Gate

by Kenneth Pobo our white sweet pea  curls up and above   the top. We don’t let  the gate swing open  for fear of breaking it, no longer use the back  door until frost fells   the vine. My cousin  says we’re foolish—why  cater to a vine? Oh well,  we never did much  like her anyway. A vine  offers no opinions,  makes no demands.    Climb.    That’s what it does— and so well….

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Instructor Spotlight: Dan Gleason and Tracy Crow

Each year, Southern New Hampshire University’s (SNHU) Word for Word Literary Series dedicates an event to instructors from its online creative writing programs. This year, on Wednesday, November 19, the spotlight was on nonfiction, with instructors Tracy Crow, from the Online MFA, and Dan Gleason, from the online MA, reading…

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The Penmen Profile: International Bestseller Alexander McCall Smith

by Rebecca LeBoeuf Alexander McCall Smith’s impressive repertoire of more than 100 books span many genres, including academic non-fiction, fiction and children’s books. His work is published in 47 languages and he has publishers all around the world. Since the publication of his first book in 1980, the international bestseller…

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The Penmen Review: Multi-Genre Author John Dufresne

by Rebecca LeBoeuf John Dufresne is the author of novels, short stories, nonfiction, plays and chapbooks. He has also edited anthologies and worked with 12 other authors to write “Naked Came the Manatee,” a 1996 mystery novel. Primarily a fiction writer, Dufresne’ most recent work, “I Don’t Like Where this…

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