By Whit Coppedge, on April 7th, 2013 We’re back from our break and excited to bring you our first Hinge Essay!
In conjunction with At Length magazine, we’re happy to present Ben Miller and his essay “Ghosts of the Mississippi,” a selection from his new collection River Bend Chronicle: The Junkification of a Boyhood Idyll amid the Curious Glory of Urban Iowa [...]
By Whit Coppedge, on November 11th, 2012
Welcome to our last Hinge Story for the year! We’re pleased to bring you a story by John Rowell, excerpted from his upcoming novel People Come and Go So Quickly Here.
John will be checking in through Sunday, November 18th to respond to your comments and questions. We look forward to what you have [...]
By Whit Coppedge, on September 19th, 2012 We’ve taken a little summer break but we’re very excited about the return of The Hinge Story! This month our featured writer is Susan Jackson Rodgers, whose second story collection, Ex-Boyfriend on Aisle Six, will be coming October 1 from our friends at Press 53 in Winston-Salem.
We’re happy to present her story “I’ve Looked [...]
By Whit Coppedge, on September 1st, 2012 The Hinge Literary Center is partnering with Doe Branch Ink: A Writer’s Retreat to give you what every writer needs: time to write!
What is Doe Branch Ink?
“Doe Branch Ink is a writers’ retreat located on 50 acres nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Just 30 miles north of Asheville in [...]
By Whit Coppedge, on May 8th, 2012 Welcome to the latest edition of The Hinge Story, this time for Short Story Month! We’ve been very happy with both the reader response to both poetry and fiction, and to the writers who’ve been kind enough to contribute.
This month, we’re excited to feature “Laura, Linda, Sweetie Pie” by Daniel Wallace, which first appeared [...]
By belle, on April 3rd, 2012 Welcome to the first installment of The Hinge Story! The Hinge has brought together readers and writers of poetry in other installments (see discussions of work by Dorianne Laux, Alan Shapiro, and Michael McFee, among others), and we’ve been delighted by the response from readers and the generosity of the writers who have offered their [...]
By Jonathan Farmer, on March 12th, 2012 Photo of Michael McFee by Franklin Golden
Welcome to the March edition of The Hinge Poem, a regular feature inviting readers throughout the Triangle (and beyond) to read and discuss a single poem by a leading local author–and to talk directly with the poet him- or herself.
This month we’re featuring Michael McFee’s “Bunk.” [...]
By Jonathan Farmer, on January 30th, 2012 Welcome to the February edition of The Hinge Poem, a regular feature inviting readers throughout the Triangle (and beyond) to read and discuss a single poem by a leading local author–and to talk directly with the poet him- or herself.
This month we’re featuring Chris Vitiello’s “Lunar eclipse poem, winter solstice 2010.” To get started [...]
By Jonathan Farmer, on January 16th, 2012 Welcome to the January edition of The Hinge Poem, a regular feature inviting readers throughout the Triangle (and beyond) to read and discuss a single poem by a leading local author–and to talk directly with the poet him- or herself.
This month we’re featuring Betty Adcock’s “Digression on the Nuclear Age.” To get started on [...]
By Whit Coppedge, on January 7th, 2012 The Hinge is happy to present a discussion among graduates of four prominent low-residency MFA programs – Cliff Garstang (Queens – Charlotte), Laurie Saurborn Young (Warren Wilson), Cheryl Wilder (Vermont College of Fine Arts), and Whit Coppedge (Bennington). We’d also love to hear from graduates or current students of these or other programs. Please join [...]
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