I recently received an email from a young woman asking for advice. She is a junior at the fine arts high school I attended more than ten years ago. She contacted me at the email address affiliated with my school,…
Guest Post: Sea Change or How do you swim wearing weights? by Trina Gaynon
My definition of self is tied to my writing life. As an anchor it’s heavy enough, but its efficiency tends to depend on whether or not new poems are being turned out on a regular basis, without a great deal…
Guest Post: On Lena Dunham and Growing Up By Sarah Goncalves
Maturity has a strange way of sneaking up on you. A few years ago, I had watched the first few episodes of Girls, written by and starring girls’ girl Lena Dunham. At the time, I lauded it (as many critics…
Guest Post: Equine Inspiration by Alex Mullarky
Equine Inspiration When I was growing up I was aware of two distinct sides of my personality developing at the same time. On one side, there was an avid reader and aspiring writer who dreamed of bestselling novels and signing…
Guest Post: Shaped by Our Childhoods by Diana Raab
Shaped by Our Childhoods “We don’t see things as they are. We see them as we are.” Anaïs Nin How do the events of our childhoods affect our adult passions and mold who we become? Some believe that our…
BFLM’s 2015 Pushcart Nominations
Black Fox Literary Magazine is pleased to announce our nominations for the 2016 Pushcart Prize: Fiction: Murdo, By Southwest by Mark Heydon (Issue #12, Summer 2015) Geographic Cure by Amy Yolanda Castillo (Issue #11, Winter 2015) Nonfiction: It’s Still Me…