Category: Guest Blog Posts

“This is Water”–guest blog post by m.nicole.r.wildhood

I was the only first-grader to use plunge in my response to Ms. Hill-Rounds' prompt: Write a story about a time you learned how to do something. I could swim almost as soon as I could walk – my dad says I should have been born a fish […]

"Why I Read Poems When They Are Often Quite Bad"–guest blog post by Vincent Francone

I just finished Rosemary Tonk's posthumous collection of poems, Bedouin of the London Evening.  I wanted to read Tonks ever since I saw this quote: "The main duty of the poet is to excite - to send the senses reeling."  I quite agree.  Sadly, I disliked the book.  […]

“Why I Read Poems When They Are Often Quite Bad”–guest blog post by Vincent Francone

I just finished Rosemary Tonk's posthumous collection of poems, Bedouin of the London Evening.  I wanted to read Tonks ever since I saw this quote: "The main duty of the poet is to excite - to send the senses reeling."  I quite agree.  Sadly, I disliked the book.  […]

Simultaneous Submissions: A Two-Way Street – guest blog post by the editors of Empty Sink Publishing

For us, the decision not to accept simultaneous submissions was born out of necessity. When we started Empty Sink Publishing in 2013, we accepted simultaneous submissions, but by the fifth issue, we had no choice but to change our policy--we had lost so many man-hours on submissions that we […]

Trish Hopkinson