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Issue 34

New Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry by Traci Brimhall, Karin C. Davidson, Donald Hall, Karen Hays, Nahal Jamir, Brandon Davis Jennings, Sally Wen Mao, Brenda Miller, Elena Passarello, Ricardo Pau-Llosa, Oliver de la Paz, Matthew Vollmer and more.

My Father’s Obituary by Ty Stumpf

My Father's Obituary My father kept a folder labeled “When I Die” in his desk. The top sheets, a two-page typed autobiography with a blank for… [more]
Writers on Writing #39: Brandon Peters

Palmetto Rose, or What Showing Up, Revision, Practice, and Knowing Your Audience Really Looks Like He starts with the palmetto leaf, long and lean.… [more]
The Belle Isle Mermaid and the Rumrunner by Mary Alice Rapas

Deep at the bottom of the Detroit River, far beyond the reach of any tow truck or junkyard, there is an underwater graveyard of cars. Many of the sunken… [more]
Poetry prize winners selected!

Guest judge Aimee Nezhukumatathil has selected Vandana Khanna's "Prayer to Recognize the Body" as this year's Elinor Benedict Poetry Prize winner. Khanna's… [more]
Writers on Writing #38: Richard Hackler

On Writing Things that Not Very Many People Will Read I was watching a friend sing at the bar the other night. This was a Wednesday. There are drink specials… [more]
New Year’s Breakfast by Michael Cuglietta

I knew something wasn’t right when I pulled into the driveway. The porch light, which my mother always kept on for me, was off. The shades were flickering… [more]
No Cell Can Hold by Ross McMeekin

One midsummer morning, out in the middle of his acreage, a farmer peeled back the tough, grainy leaves of a fresh husk of corn, expecting to find inside… [more]
Writers on Writing #37: Jacob M. Appel

The Long Hello By any literary standard, I am having a good year. Ten months ago, despite two decades of trying, I had not managed to sell a full-length… [more]
Passages North’s nonfiction contest winners announced!

Congratulations to the winners of Passages North’s 2013 Thomas Hrushka Memorial Nonfiction Prize! Contest judge Elena Passarello has selected the as… [more]
Writers on Writing #36: Julia Shipley

I. Writing from the Ox-house A human life is like a single letter in the alphabet. It can be meaningless. Or it can be part of a great meaning —Jewish… [more]

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My Father’s Obituary by Ty Stumpf

by JHow May 20, 2013

My Father’s Obituary My father kept a folder labeled “When I Die” in his desk. The top sheets, a two-page typed autobiography with a blank for the last date. His [...]

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Writers on Writing #39: Brandon Peters

by JHow May 15, 2013

Palmetto Rose, or What Showing Up, Revision, Practice, and Knowing Your Audience Really Looks Like He starts with the palmetto leaf, long and lean. Three dozen more rest in a [...]

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The Belle Isle Mermaid and the Rumrunner by Mary Alice Rapas

by JHow May 13, 2013

Deep at the bottom of the Detroit River, far beyond the reach of any tow truck or junkyard, there is an underwater graveyard of cars. Many of the sunken vehicles [...]

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Passages North, the annual literary journal sponsored by Northern Michigan University, has published short fiction, poetry, and and creative nonfiction since 1979. Email us at passages@nmu.edu or write to us at Passages North, NMU, 1401 Presque Isle Ave., Marquette, MI 49855.

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My Father’s Obituary by Ty Stumpf

Writers on Writing #39: Brandon Peters

The Belle Isle Mermaid and the Rumrunner by Mary Alice Rapas

Poetry prize winners selected!

Writers on Writing #38: Richard Hackler

New Year’s Breakfast by Michael Cuglietta

No Cell Can Hold by Ross McMeekin

Writers on Writing #37: Jacob M. Appel

Passages North’s nonfiction contest winners announced!

Writers on Writing #36: Julia Shipley

From the Blog

My Father’s Obituary by Ty Stumpf

Writers on Writing #39: Brandon Peters

The Belle Isle Mermaid and the Rumrunner by Mary Alice Rapas

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