Wondering Who I Was, and What I Might Become…
The suburbs of Omaha are nothing like the suburbs where I’m from. In Chicago, everything is laid out on a grid. Probably some architect got lazy along the way, because each bungalow is painfully...
View ArticleSo This Is Where It All Began
Recently, I had the chance to interview one of Omaha’s local poets about his life and poem featured in the last issue of burntdistrict, “So This Is Where It All Began.” I’ll start off by sharing the...
View ArticleRefutations by Memory
Hey, folks. It’s me, the no-longer-lowly intern, back and ready to receive more wisdom from poets in our lovely magazine, burntdistrict. This week, I got the chance to interview the up-and-coming poet,...
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Burntdistrict Writers Read, Happiness Ensues
So, about two weeks ago, Jen and Liz hosted a good ol’ Midwestern soirée complete with burntdistrict poetry, beer, and the fanciest of cheeses (Goat cheese, people. Goat. Cheese. Be still my heart.)...
View ArticleSometimes, I Stray Deliberately…
This week has been an exhausting one for me. I’m sure most of you who read this blog (where the hell are you, anyway? READ MY BLOG.) can relate. It’s my last year of college and suddenly the “What are...
View ArticleArtists are art, too.
Last week, I got the chance to interview one of the last poets from our first issue of burntdistrict. This interview comes out at about the same time as Liz and Jen introduce their second issue of the...
View ArticleDo We Define Our Space, or Does It Define Us?
So, I have this issue as a writer. Once upon a time, a teacher asked me what my favorite subject was to write about. Now, let’s keep in mind here that I am a privileged, cisgender, white chick. Besides...
View ArticleWritings from the F Train
This week I got the chance to pick the brain of the wonderful poet, Jason Primm, on his poem “Flood” and other musings. Rather than type out the whole nearly two-page poem to you here, I’ve provided a...
View ArticleDigging through Dirty Laundry
This week our featured poet is Elizabeth Onusko. Her piece, “Case History,” is slightly longer, and so I’ll include a link here to my personal blog so you can read it (sidenote: I am not as emo as my...
View ArticleInterview with SWP Poet Heather Derr-Smith
Interview by Torrey Smith How do you begin a poem? I fall in love. With a person, a moment or memory, a place, or an idea. I fall in love with Camus or boxing or Sarajevo. I fall in love with a...
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