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Paying Attention

I was in the kitchen the other day, and saw an ant scurrying down the wall, holding one of its fellow ants to carry back to wherever it came from. Our apartment is cheaply built, and somewhat old, from around … Continue reading

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Take Poetry Back: Obscurity is Not A Stamp of Awful

Memoirists. Confessional poets. Are they passe? Should they just give up? Why would anyone talk about theirselves? Why continue? Aren’t there enough visceral,  personal experiences out there? Yes. Yes, there are. But do I get tired of reading good ones? … Continue reading

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Pouring Salt on It

Sometimes, life, even good life, gets in the way. Lately, I’ve been feeling like the world of writing and music is a giant web, with invisible threads I cannot see. But I keep submitting my work blindly, and once in … Continue reading

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Weekly Feature: Interview with the Minds Behind UK PoV Magazine

I’m always on the lookout for interesting people to interview here on The Stifled Artist for the weekly feature titled, Creative People Who Rock(because I’m brilliant at coming up with names for things).Mainly, I look for people who are defying … Continue reading

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Weekly Feature: Interview with Writer Joe Clifford

This week, for the Creative People Who Rock weekly feature, I’ve asked Joe Clifford, author of many published short stories and poems, the memoir Junkie Love and the blog Candy and Cigarettes, to answer a few questions.

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Lip Service West, December 10, 2011

Through Underground Voices – which I discovered through a writing magazine at Barnes and Noble listing fifty indie places to publish your work – I found out about Joe Clifford, a local Bay Area writer and author of popular blog Candy and Cigarettes. I … Continue reading

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