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Guest Blog Post by Sarah Carey on Her Recent Poetry Collections the Grief Committee Minutes and Bloodstream. “Life, Loss, Death, Grief, Nature, and All the Spaces Between”

Christal Cooper October 5, 2026 No Comments

I’m thrilled about the recent publication of my new book, Bloodstream! It wasn’t that long ago that Christal and I talked specifically about my poem “Relative Risk,” from my…

#48 Backstory of the Poem “Laika” from the poetry collection OBSCURA by Frank Paino published by Cleveland State University Poetry Center on December 5, 2020 and Gettysburg Review 29:3 (Winter, 2017)

Christal Cooper September 19, 2026 No Comments

#48 Backstory of the Poem “Laika” from the poetry collection Obscura by Frank Paino published by Cleveland State University Poetry Center on December 5, 2020 and Gettysburg Review 29:3 (Winter,…

#47 Backstory of the Poem Jeffrey Owen Pearson’s “Memorial Day” from the poetry anthology Best of Flying Island, published on March 21, 2014 and in Indiana Humanities on April 13, 2016

Christal Cooper September 11, 2026 No Comments

Can you go through the step-by-step process of writing this poem from the moment the idea was first conceived in your brain until final form? Poetry prompts tend to be…

#046 Backstory of the Poem “Poem In the Throat” from the poetry collection INNERMOST SEA, by Nancy Dafoe and published by Finishing Line Press on November 30, 2018

Christal Cooper August 27, 2026 No Comments

https://finishinglinepress.com/product/innermost-sea-by-nancy-dafoe/ Can you go through the step-by-step process of writing this poem from the moment the idea was first conceived in your brain until final form? I had not written…

#447 Backstory of the Poem “Lamp of Color” by Patricia Gomes and published in the anthology HIGH TIDE STILL HEART. HTSH edited by Tirza Valeria Garcia Olivares and Lucy Ross. The final edit is by Blue Crystal Literary Magazine editor Richard Phillipos. It is published by Blue Crystal Literary Magazine on May 8, 2026.

Christal Cooper August 15, 2026 No Comments

#447 Backstory of the Poem “Lamp of Color” by Patricia Gomes and published in the anthology HIGH TIDE STILL HEART. HTSH edited by Tirza Valeria Garcia Olivares and Lucy Ross. …

#391 Inside the Emotion of Fiction SHADOWS OF THE SEEN by Timothy Gager, published by Pierian Springs Press on May 15, 2025

Christal Cooper July 30, 2026 No Comments

https://pierianspringspress.com/timothy-gager/ https://www.facebook.com/PierianSpringsPress What is the date you began writing this piece of fiction and the date when you finished the piece of fiction? I started on the book in 2023…

#446 Backstory of the Poem “My Mother’s Name” from the poetry collection TRACKS IN SNOW by Thaddeus Rutkowski and published by FINISHING LINE PRESS on June 12, 2026.

Christal Cooper July 28, 2026 No Comments

https://finishinglinepress.com/product/tracks-in-snow-by-thaddeus-rutkowski/ This poem originally appeared in Rigorous magazine https://www.rigorous-mag.com/v6i2/thaddeus-rutkowski.html Can you go through the step-by-step process of writing this poem from the moment the idea was first conceived in…

#445 Backstory of the Poem “Noto” by Susana H. Case, published in both Italian and English in International Poetry Review in April of 2025.

Christal Cooper May 21, 2026 No Comments

https://llc.uncg.edu/international-poetry-review/ ABOVE LEFT: Susana H. Case in Noto. Can you go through the step-by-step process of writing this poem from the moment the idea was first conceived in your…

#390 Inside the Emotion of Fiction, the short story “Pursuing the Fix” from the short story collection ALWAYS ONE MISTAKE by Ace Boggess, published by Duende Literary and Running Wild Press on March 17, 2026

Christal Cooper April 29, 2026 No Comments

https://www.duendeliterary.org/ace-boggess https://runningwildpublishing.com/ What is the date you began writing this piece of fiction and the date when you finished the piece of fiction? I wrote this story in 2012,…

#389 Inside the Emotion of Fiction THE SKELETON THEORY, published on February 10, 2026 by Wicked House Publishing, a division of Aethon.

Christal Cooper April 29, 2026 No Comments

https://wickedhouse.com/book/the-skeleton-theory/ What is the date you began writing this piece of fiction and the date when you finished the piece of fiction? This one falls under a bizarre timeline, process…

Christal Ann Rice Cooper

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Guest Blog Post by Sarah Carey on Her Recent Poetry Collections the Grief Committee Minutes and Bloodstream. “Life, Loss, Death, Grief, Nature, and All the Spaces Between”

#48 Backstory of the Poem “Laika” from the poetry collection OBSCURA by Frank Paino published by Cleveland State University Poetry Center on December 5, 2020 and Gettysburg Review 29:3 (Winter, 2017)

#47 Backstory of the Poem Jeffrey Owen Pearson’s “Memorial Day” from the poetry anthology Best of Flying Island, published on March 21, 2014 and in Indiana Humanities on April 13, 2016

#046 Backstory of the Poem “Poem In the Throat” from the poetry collection INNERMOST SEA, by Nancy Dafoe and published by Finishing Line Press on November 30, 2018

#391 Inside the Emotion of Fiction SHADOWS OF THE SEEN by Timothy Gager, published by Pierian Springs Press on May 15, 2025

#446 Backstory of the Poem “My Mother’s Name” from the poetry collection TRACKS IN SNOW by Thaddeus Rutkowski and published by FINISHING LINE PRESS on June 12, 2026.

#445 Backstory of the Poem “Noto” by Susana H. Case, published in both Italian and English in International Poetry Review in April of 2025.

#390 Inside the Emotion of Fiction, the short story “Pursuing the Fix” from the short story collection ALWAYS ONE MISTAKE by Ace Boggess, published by Duende Literary and Running Wild Press on March 17, 2026

#389 Inside the Emotion of Fiction THE SKELETON THEORY, published on February 10, 2026 by Wicked House Publishing, a division of Aethon.