So Much Depends Upon …Transcription
by Scott Hightower · November 16, 2017This short piece is slightly adapted from an opening comment I once composed for a family record. "There are epochs . . . when mankind, not [...]
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One River, One Boat
by Marjorie Wentworth · March 24, 2015As South Carolina’s Poet Laureate, I have written quite a few occasional poems for a wide variety events—from the opening of a bridge to the closing [...]
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Mat Play: On Writing and Yoga
by Kathleen Kraft · February 03, 2014I sometimes find writing about the asanas (poses or postures) perplexing because there’s an ineffable quality in the practice, one that feels pre-linguistic. The feeling takes me back [...]
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Let’s Talk About Performance
by Mike Saye · November 28, 2012The performance of poetry is something we tend to let fall to the wayside during the writing process. In my experience, reading a poem out loud [...]
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Review: Natasha Trethewey’s “Thrall”
by Christine Swint · October 17, 2012Coinciding with Natasha Trethewey’s appointment as the 19th Poet Laureate of the United States is the launch of her fourth collection of poetry, Thrall (Houghton Mifflin [...]
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Secret Goings-On: Learning from Ray Bradbury and Ernest Hemingway
by Megan Sexton · August 22, 2012We are proud to present a new guest post by Five Points contributor Hugh Sheehy, whose short story appears in 14.3, our most recent issue (see [...]
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