Which states have the best writers?
Hayden’s Ferry Review has an interesting roundup of “unusual calls for submissions.”
“John L. Caughey, a cultural anthropologist and American Studies professor, believed that although Mark David Chapman and John Hinkley had turned to horrific violence, their fantasy lives were in fact not far from the norm of most people’s mental landscapes.” On imaginary social worlds. (via)
“I’ve always regarded my own physical presence as something to overcome, usually by ignoring it, while writing. Writing is physical fact, a made thing-slash-transcription of mind; it isn’t a just symbol or stand-in of my body or anyone else’s. It’s been my way out of my husky costume.” Daniel Nester has a great essay on the writer’s physical presence at Painted Bride Quarterly.
