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A Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net-nominee, Elaine Nadal is the author of two poetry chapbooks: When and Sweat, Dance, Sing, Cut, published by Finishing Line Press. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in several journals and anthologies, including Beyond Words Literary Magazine, Spillwords Press, Haunted Waters Press, Hoot Review, and Latino Book Review Magazine. Nadal has shared her work in many venues. She recently did a TEDx talk on hope, poetry, and music.

When Education Feels Hopeless by Kate Leo

“Was this one of yours?”
I stare at the text on my phone from a former teaching colleague, the URL underneath it glaring up at me. I hesitate, not sure if I want to click on it. Finally, my curiosity compels me. My finger shakily taps the link.
“Sean Michael Bishop, 17, has been charged with first-degree murder,” the article’s headline blares at me. I read on, my pulse quickening. “On May 11, Bishop was arrested and charged in the shooting of 34-year-old Michael Franken. Bishop was also arrested on weapons charges. Lake Vista police said Bishop was involved in an argument with a woman in the parking lot of Tailgaters Bar & Grill in the Main Street District before Franken tried to stop the fight. Police said Monday that Franken has since died, and Bishop is now charged with first-degree murder.”

Features

Going Dutch: A Stir-fried Shakespearean Crown of Sonnets

I Didn’t See You There

One Star

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Jackie Harvey

Interview Q&A With Elaine Nadal

Spotlight On Writers – Michael McCarthy

Going Dutch: A Stir-fried Shakespearean Crown of Sonnets

Repentino Despertar

Hope For Survival

Shortcut

Shortest Day

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Interview Q&A With Elaine Nadal

I Didn’t See You There

When I First Met Him I Said ‘There’s No Way This Will Last’

Oh! Women

The Appendix

One Star

Vermilion

The Scholar and Her Myths

Down The Plughole

Psithurism

Flesh Wounds

Thank You!