A tale as old as time: I first came across Claire Hopple’s fiction in a slush pile. I remember my foot tapping on the carpet in my old apartment as I read her story, “Talisman,” about a woman following another woman.
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At AWP ‘19 in Portland, I went to a reading at a Western-themed bar to see a friend read poetry. The lineup was long, as anyone who’s been to AWP offsites can attest.
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In 2012, before I knew I wanted to pursue writing seriously, I came across Kathy Fish’s work online and quickly purchased her flash fiction collection Wild Life. The book was full of a kind of writing I had never read—quietly powerful, intuitive, and so beautifully brief.
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