Black Mountain Blog
Improv, by Jacqueline Berger
Posted on September 3, 2019
Improv by Jacqueline Berger When the other actor tried to brush my hair, gesture of forgiveness the scene seemed to call for, I recoiled. Hair like mine does’t get brushed but scrunched wet, with product. I wouldn’t have cared about the halo of frizz but I was going straight after class to visit my […]
Read MoreCRESCENDO, by Tugrul Tanyol
Posted on August 28, 2019
music pouring from the open window falls on the courtyard’s naked stones it changes the black and white stones to colors. the child at play on the stones chooses his moves with care the earth recedes, sometimes his jumps make a space in the midst of joy the cat that stays stuck to […]
Read MoreJust For You, by Juan Chemes
Posted on August 28, 2019
I’ll peddle the artist, summon the words, when the rubber hits the road. Since I might have been the one that always explained the joke before the punchline, the one with the arm raised high who was almost always wrong. The one too careless to care where the fine line burred and […]
Read MoreUntitled, by Yigit Kerim Arslan
Posted on August 27, 2019
The one that will come at the end of the morning What was I told behind the shivering water, I listened by escaping from myself. (But I don’t know, why that is. I commit suicide every morning for this) the moon is getting lazy every day. He had a neck ache by the time. […]
Read MoreBecome a writer-in-residence at Black Mountain Press
Posted on August 19, 2019
Apply Now for a Free Working Vacation to Beautiful Asheville, NC https://thehalcyone.submittable.com/submit/144654/writer-and-artist-in-residence The Black Mountain Press is pleased to announce its new writer/artist in residence program. The residence takes place in our previous location which was a converted child care center. There is plenty of room to stretch out in this house with large fenced […]
Read More10 Tips for Writers
Posted on February 8, 2019
Tip1: “ Read. Read everything you can lay hands on.” -TH White Tip 2: “Protect the time and space in which you write. Keep everybody away from it, even the people who are most important to you.” — Zadie Smith Tip 3: “Work on a computer that is disconnected from the internet.” — Zadie Smith […]
Read MoreThe Halcyone Literary Review is published.
Posted on August 21, 2018
The first issue of the Halcyone Literary Magazine features the art of David Hopes on the cover.
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