Mud Season Review
JD Fox interviews
Jessica Bryant Klagmann
Our poetry co-editor JD Fox recently had this exchange with Jessica Bryant Klagmann, our Issue #21 featured fiction author. Here’s what she had to say about the inspiration behind “June, Fierce and Simple,” her approach to writing, and what she took away from her MFA experience… Read more
June was Fierce, Simple
By Jessica Bryant Klagmann
It was really going on Thursday. Pietro went out in the middle of the night, not to see the stars but to water his plants. He wasn’t aware of the stars, not yet. He tripped over the hose. He swore the way his mother had taught him. As he sat in the dirt, smacking dust from his slacks, he looked up and noticed that indeed there were stars, many of them…
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