Jennifer Frost Writes

Jennifer Frost

  • Sofa

    Just 101 words long, this piece takes less than a minute to read. Micro fiction challenges prose writers to be as succinct as poets, who craft full narratives with powerful precise language.

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  • How A-muse-ing: or, Use an Inspiration Tape Like a Champ

    Though there’s not a lot of room for analysis in a little-known (but totally awesome) 90s comedy, there’s plenty to say about inspiration tapes. Artists throughout history have turned to muses.

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  • June Reads

    Summer reads for June 2022.

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  • If I Survive You

    It’s hard to avoid phrases like, “powerhouse short stories,” and “dazzling debut.” Each story enlightens the rest, making the collection a perfect balance of tenderness and grit, hope, and despair.

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  • The Untamed Passions of an Enigmatic Jamaican Man

    Moore isn’t shy with the juicy details. Not so with matters of the heart. He withholds recollections of childhood and close friendships. On an endless quest for a love that satisfies the soul, he admits himself a philandering husband doomed to the sadness of repeated losses.

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  • Send Her Back and Other Stories

    New immigrants and first-generation Americans bring life into focus. Through their eyes, we see ourselves again for the first time.

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  • Before I Was a Writer

    When we’re working, we write when we can, between shifts, on cigarette breaks, in our heads as we navigate the days. Day jobs can be obstacles. Or, they may give unexpected raw material for memorable stories.

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  • In the Marble Maze: A Widower’s Memoir

    In the Marble Maze is one of many memorials Gudnason creates for Engilbjort. As he sorts through relics, photos, and clothing, he takes time to remember.

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  • The Complementary Arts

    The vast empty page and the impossible task of stringing words across the white abyss. Did I just call a blank page the ‘white abyss?’ Break time, please.

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  • May Reads

    “It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.” ― C.S. Lewis

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