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Nora Bonner is a fiction writer, singer/songwriter, college and writing instructor from Detroit, Michigan. Her stories have appeared in a variety of journals and anthologies, which you can find listed here.  In 2023, she joined Georgia State University’s faculty as a Lecturer in English.

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WRITE THROUGH IT: OCTOBER CLASSES!

and some other new stuff… Dr. Yolanda J. Franklin’s in town, and she’s agreed to offer a poetry workshop on forms. You can view her syllabus here. About Yolanda: Yolanda Franklin is the author of the 2018 poetry collection, Blood Vinyls (Anhinga Press). Franklin is also a Cave Canem and Callaloo Fellow. Her poems appear or are…

COMING SOON, ONLINE WORKSHOP TO JUMPSTART YOUR WRITING PRACTICE!

This Fall, I am going to try something a little different, which is to offer private workshops for anyone who is interested in taking a writing class without the fuss of having to leave home, or deal with a harsh environment. After over a dozen years in front of the college classroom, I’ve been itching…

Back in the Music Game

Well, what can I say? A lot has happened since I last played a live music gig in Atlanta, which was in somebody’s driveway for the Oakhurst Porchfest, back in October 2016: America survived the Trump years. I got a Ph.D. and discovered the “joys of the pris”, as I like to think of my…

Alpha and Omega up at the Hawai’i Pacific Review.

Look, if you know me and care about me, this one is a bit, eh, more difficult. It’s Fiction, I promise. It is basically my mulling through abuse trauma I get second hand from students at the prison. A lot of my work is like this these days—grappling with trauma through an abolitionist lens. By…

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COMING SOON, ONLINE WORKSHOP TO JUMPSTART YOUR WRITING PRACTICE!

This Fall, I am going to try something a little different, which is to offer private workshops for anyone who is interested in taking a writing class without the fuss of having to leave home, or deal with a harsh environment. After over a dozen years in front of the college classroom, I’ve been itching …