In the following interview, Jill Christman speaks on behalf of herself and not on the behalf of her employer. Jill Christman, author of “Darkroom: A Family Exposure,” “Borrowed Babies: Apprenticing for Motherhood” and famed personal essay “The Sloth” for Brevity. Christman is a senior editor for both Ball State University’s River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative and Beautiful Things…

Several times a month we connect with our contributors showing where they have been, where they are now, and what’s up for the future. Name: SM StubbsTitle of Pieces Published in Sweet: It Can Also Mean a Type of FishVolume: 15 You can find SM Stubbs in Brooklyn, NY where he used to co-own a craft beer bar, called Mission Dolores - sounds intriguing!

Several times a month we connect with our contributors showing where they have been, where they are now, and what’s up for the future. Name: Jess SmithTitle of Pieces Published in Sweet: Mother's Day and Selling SunsetVolume: 15 You can find Jess teaching at Texas Tech University - which just started a new, three-year MFA in Creative Writing.

Several times a month we connect with our contributors showing where they have been, where they are now, and what’s up for the future. Name: Brian BensonTitle of Pieces Published in Sweet: Please Take Your Litter Home & Love StoryVolume: 16 You can find Brian in Portland, Oregon where we are hoping he will be receiving good news from our…

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Sweet Lit is proud to announce our Pushcart nominations for this year. CREATIVE NONFICTION Karen Kao, Food Fight, Issue 16 February 2024Brian Benson, Love Story, Issue 16 January 2024Mary Ann McGuigan, The Assignment, Issue 17 September 2024 POETRYDiane LeBlanc, “B is for Bird,” Poetry Prize finalist June 2024Sarah Carey, “Tahane Recalls His Escape…

Several times a month we connect with our contributors showing where they have been, where they are now, and what’s up for the future. Name: Stephanie AndersonTitle of Pieces Published in Sweet: "Flight Animals" Issue: 9.1 You can find Stephanie in Boca Raton, Florida - teaching, writing, and playing with her Italian greyhound puppy, Augie. Find out more about Stephanie on her…

Poet, essayist, and visual artist, Shelia Squillante has been hard at work directing the MFA program in creative writing at Chatham University and cultivating a collection of personal essays center…

Dear Jesse Lee Kercheval, When I was mere three feet tall and unaware of the world, my parents bought our family the Nintendo Wii. As instructed by my mother, I kept the safety strap snug and secur…

Several times a month we connect with our contributors showing where they have been, where they are now, and what’s up for the future. Name: KT HerrTitle of Pieces Published in Sweet: “Improv…

Press Play to hear the author read their piece. At the memory care center, the parlor resembles what was once my grandmother’s bedroombut with artificial flowers.Dixie cups swirl with pink ice crea…

Several times a month we connect with our contributors showing where they have been, where they are now, and what’s up for the future. Name: Lisa RhoadesTitle of Pieces Published in Sweet: “T…

Several times a month we connect with our contributors showing where they have been, where they are now, and what’s up for the future. Name: Jennifer MartelliTitle of Pieces Published in Sweet: &#8…

Food Fight Grandma was born in 1892 in a village south of Shanghai, the name of which has been lost to family history. It might be Wuzhen, now a tourist trap known for its picturesque canals and cu…

Pulling air into a tight vortex spins into a poem, readymade. I knew nothing of how poems came to be, so willed them. Like waterspouts, they twirled language, split history, inside and outside. Tod…

Several times a month we connect with our contributors showing where they have been, where they are now, and what’s up for the future. Name: Anne GudgerTitle of Pieces Published in Sweet: “Le…