Month: March 2012

Forums Down for Maintenance

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The forums are currently [technical jargon for “hosed”] — we’re working on it, and we’ll be back as soon as we can. In the meantime, you could write a lovely flash piece!

Adrienne Rich (1929–2012)

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Adrienne Rich’s obituary in the Los Angeles Times. Adrienne Rich was one of the first poets whose words made my heart falter. While some of Adrienne Rich’s politics are very different from my take, many years later, her essay from 1980 “Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence” had a very profound effect on me, since I … Read more

Win Two Tickets to Seminar from Backspace Writers Conference!

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SEMINAR is the provocative new comedy from Pulitzer Prize nominee THERESA REBECK (Mauritius), directed by Obie Award winner SAM GOLD (Circle Mirror Transformation). See JEFF GOLDBLUM (Pillow Man, Jurassic Park, Independence Day) star in Broadway’s smash-hit comedy SEMINAR beginning April 3. Joining him are JUSTIN LONG (He’s Just Not That Into You, Going the Distance) … Read more

Interview: Aaron Krach

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By Alex Shapiro Aaron Krach is a writer and artist presently living on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. He graduated from the University of California, San Diego, with a B.A. in Visual Arts and continued his studies at the University of Copenhagen. A former editor at Empire magazine and Gay City News, he is currently a … Read more