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Featured Writing highlights the work of TWS alumni, faculty and mentors. New writing is published most Tuesdays. Edited by Rachel Thompson.
"Read an excerpt from a new book, The Only Thing I Have, by former TWS student, Rhonda Waterfall."
The Only Thing I Have by Rhonda Waterfall - posted September 17th, 2009"Some days are worse than others of course and today the world is full of questions."
Swimming With a Hole in My Body, extract by Kevin Murray - posted February 24th, 2009"I guess I wasn’t always a little piggy."
Words by Stella Leventoyannis Harvey - posted February 10th, 2009"All I know of womanhood is the blanket of her long, thick hair"
Summer Months by Melissa Sawatsky - posted February 2nd, 2009"you sound it out like a child da-da-da-da -something"
Rered by James Lindsay - posted December 9th, 2008"The blade bears down into the late hour."
Three Reveries by Colette Gagnon - posted November 18th, 2008"...her face was now red as the beets her grandmother cooked."
Retelling Chapter One by Morgan Chojnacki - posted November 11th, 2008"Witness our communion of printed words"
Unnamed by Danielle Arsenault - posted November 4th, 2008"They hadn’t yet seen the herons."
Chartreuse by ElJean Dodge Wilson - posted October 21st, 2008"...the kind of person who would get exactly what she wanted...not realizing that it wouldn’t be so easy for the rest of us."
Everything Was Good-bye by G K Basran - posted October 14th, 2008Editor Bio
Rachel Thompson (TWS 2004) co-created the TWS alumni reading series Lingo (now Rhizome), and coordinated the development of the TWS website. Her poetry has appeared in Event, CV2, Quills, Ms. Guided, and, of course, emerge Anthology.