Truth Teller Spotlight: Lisa Dordal, poet.
“I see my poetry as a place that allows me to be who I am, a place where my truth matters …” Lisa Dordal’s poem “Pretty Moon” is a well-loved entry in Broad Street’s online “Share This Poem” feature, and as of January 31, 2018, it’s an integral part of her new book, Mosaic of the...
Truth Teller Spotlight: Bryant Mangum, belle-lettrist, scholar, storyteller.
“I often wonder if I am violating the sanctity of the hearts of the writers I teach and write about when my research carries me into the details of their private lives …” Bryant Mangum sees himself mostly as a scholar — and he is in fact an eminent expert on F. Scott Fitzgerald in particular and the...
Truth Teller Spotlight: Julie Anderson, memoir and cultural reportage.
“Good writing is honest writing, but honesty is hard to come by.” Julie Anderson contributed the essay (a combination of memoir and reportage) “It Cannot Be Conceived: American Idealists in Two Chinese Revolutions, Cultural and Capitalist” to our “Maps & Legends” issue. Her essays and stories have appeared in The Gettysburg Review, Writers on the Job,...
Truth Teller Spotlight: Patricia Smith
“I learned the hard way that all details aren’t equal, that the important details are ones that also help to convey a judgment or mood or reveal character….” We love it when good things happen for our contributors. And this month we celebrate Patricia Smith, author of “Holy War: Ramadan and race riots in a Senegalese marketplace,”...
Truth Teller in the Spotlight: Ron Smith.
“I say: Tell the truth and make it sing … Every time you write, do it flat out. Don’t try to be perfect. Try to be significant. Try to whack (or seduce) your reader with the truth in every line…” When we published our 2015 issue, “Maps & Legends,” former Virginia poet laureate Ron Smith was...
