Behind the Page

• Behind the Page: Stealing John Hancock

  Something happened to ignite us. A spark. An article in the newspaper. Suddenly we were compelled, inspired.

• Behind the Page: Jeffrey John Eyamie (Take 2)

  Turnstone published No Escape from Greatness in Fall 2016.

  I’m writing this in summer, 2020. Not much has changed in this time

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• Behind the Page: Laura Rock Gaughan

  Stories function as a time capsule for me, a place to preserve emotional truths—the feelings, if not the facts.

• Behind the Page: Sally Ito on The Emperor's Orphans

   If a writer doesn’t writethe stories, they are lost to silence, and that silence is deafening. 

• Behind the Page: Katherine Lawrence on Never Mind

  Let me tell you a secret: I believe that poetry saves lives.

• Behind the Page: Sharron Arksey on The Waiting Place

  There is evidence-based brain research to suggest that babies arrive biologically wired with the experiences of their ancestors. We add our

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• Behind the Page: Larry Verstraete on 'Dinosaurs' of the Deep

  Whenever I write, I draw upon a memory. Sometimes I do so consciously. More often than not, though, it is without any real awareness. I just know

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• Behind the Page: Carla Funk on Gloryland

  The collection’s binding force from the start was The End—and all endings

• Behind the Page: Dave Williamson on Visiting Fellow

  Most writers draw on their experiences for whatever they write. I saw this as an exotic trip that would provide all kinds of incidents and

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