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“getting the laugh out of the reader”: An Interview with Nathaniel Tower about Nagging Wives, Foolish Husbands

Laura Madeline Wiseman — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 16:05:47 +0000

Nagging Wives, Foolish Husbands" title="“getting the laugh out of the reader”: An Interview with Nathaniel Tower about Nagging Wives, Foolish Husbands" style="float:left;" />Laura Madeline Wiseman: As a poet, I’m interested in how one puts together a collection of poems compared to how one puts together a book of poems. Short story collections, too, can be arranged in… [more]

CS DeWildt on Dead Animals

Laura Madeline Wiseman — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 15:00:21 +0000

Dead Animals" title="CS DeWildt on Dead Animals" style="float:left;" />Laura Madeline Wiseman: Let’s begin with your (writer) origin story. CS DeWildt: It was a vaginal birth, no complications. I hit the ground, twisted an ankle, and joined the race. Books were always there, and… [more]

Lost Martians

Laura Madeline Wiseman — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 11:00:31 +0000

I looked behind the dryer where socks, mittens, and dust bunnies crouch in shadows and lint. I looked inside the closets. I looked under the bed where I’ve found mp3 players, earplugs, and bad dreams.… [more]

Green Thumbs

Laura Madeline Wiseman — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:00:44 +0000

When Poison Ivy appears at my backyard gate the Martians offer bouquets of Virginia creeper and woven crowns of red-tongued honeysuckle. I’m so startled that Dr. Isley is in my garden— butterfly bush, tea roses,… [more]

Mars Vigila

Laura Madeline Wiseman — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:00:04 +0000

_____Martians don’t masturbate. No _____pinch or stroke. No intoxicants of booze spiked. No Viagra. _____No eye-popping size. No static _____crackle from shirt removed. No _____cry to drift through open window. _____No electric glow of clock… [more]

Epithalamion: An Undetected Life

Laura Madeline Wiseman — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:00:43 +0000

The Martians have decided to get married. Bridal magazines unfold on the end tables and curl in the humidity of the bathroom. Every weekend they take the city bus to the mall, to David’s, and… [more]