Essay by B. Tyler Lee
Winner of the 2020 Talking Writing Contest, Creative Fire

Art: “Exquisite Corpse Puzzle” © Mercury-Marvin Sunderland and Noey Cole; used by permission

http://talkingwriting.com/large-volume-small-nonsenses

A Large Volume of Small Nonsenses

Flash Nonfiction by Susan Terris

Art: “Bliss” © Abbe Mogell; used by permission

http://talkingwriting.com/rough-water-delusions

Rough Water Delusions

Flash Nonfiction by Susan Terris

Art: “Possibilities” © Abbe Mogell; used by permission

http://talkingwriting.com/rough-water-delusions

Hawk Bait

Poetry by Mary Jo Robinson-Jamison

Art: “Broken Piano Keys” © Matthew T Rader; Creative Commons license

http://talkingwriting.com/floating-rising-federal-setting-level-four

Floating

Poetry by Mary Jo Robinson-Jamison

Art: “Clarinet” © Ted Rabbitts; Creative Commons license

http://talkingwriting.com/floating-rising-federal-setting-level-four

Rising

Poetry by Athena Kildegaard

Art: “New Morning” © Kelly DuMar; used by permission

Ode To Frog

Poetry by Wendy Brown-Baez

Art: “Skipping Down Kalisa Lane” © Breonny Lee; used by permission

Prerequisite

Author of Old Music for New People talking with TW art director John Vogel about artistic resonance, funding for the arts, home/life balance, and race.

Video portion: talkingwriting.com/author-talk-david-biddle

Peak Experience: David Biddle on Language, His Heritage, Arts in School, and Racism

Poetry by Kelli Russell Agodon.

Music by John Vogel

Slang for Long-Term Relationship

Why I Shouldn’t Worry So Much

A response to the COVID-19 pandemic by writer Rita Kurtz

COVID-19 Response: Rita Kurtz

A poem by Alan King.

Art: "Truth Versus Propaganda" © Darrell Black; used by permission
Music: John Vogel
http://talkingwriting.com/land-innocence

Contains a clip from "George Floyd Death: Clashes Across Us As Protesters Demand Justice" © Plus TV Africa; Creative Commons license.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17RNYgJENPw

Land of Innocence

Poetry by Alice Major

Art: “Celestial Excursion” © Jean Wolff; used by permission
Music: John Vogel

http://talkingwriting.com/zinnia-becomes-first-flower-bloom-space-station

Zinnia Becomes First Flower to Bloom on Space Station

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