Lit

Ben Stroud, writing and beyond

John Q. Horn

Inside a Toledo writer’s process

New book looks back at classic baseball comedy 'Major League'

Jeff McGinnis

Juuuust a Bit Inside

Scare master Dirk Manning creates a tale inspired by Nine Inch Nails

Jeff McGinnis

Just like he imagined

Love Letters to Toledo

Athena Cocoves

Website features letters from current or former Glass City denizens

Spoken Toledo’s first storytelling event

Janet Stengle

Speak your mind

Poetry and jazz “Howl” in the city

Chris Watson

The beat of a generation

2015 Northern Writers' Project

TCP Contributor

The playwright of way

Wild Swans: The Daughters of China

Mara Kalinoski

Illegal pages

U-T prof-author nurtures the creative process

John Q. Horn

Toledo author and educator customizes writing process

Honorable Mention: paperboy

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damp-leaved november mornings find me as a boy when I rose ahead of the sun, and I pedaled my bike thru predawn twilight,...

Honorable Mention: where to hide chocolate (for Caity)

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when you were young, stashing the chocolate cold behind vegetables was just right. then you grew - like a mushroom. behind the eggs?...

Honorable Mention: Paper Dolls

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It sounded like something dropped, a bag perhaps or wet towels. Not a person, twitching and twelve years old in a doorway. Her...

Honorable Mention: Worry

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Worry You can see it in the wrinkles on a man's forehead, or in the way his jaw clinches tight. You can see it...

Honorable Mention: blithering synonyms

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if i had to hold my breath for you to be honey i’d turn blue before i say goodbye to you

Honorable Mention: Spy

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Crabapples crushed. The sickly sweet smell and bees hanging around. Mowing the lawn, maybe the last time; frost has kissed us once or twice....

Honorable Mention: Jelly Jar

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Scrape at my soul jar and rattle that knife, It’s thinned out, see, and is streaked at the sides. You’ve had my preserves, my...

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