April is National Poetry Month: Let's Celebrate Writers and Writing
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On this first day of April, Negative Capability Press would like to celebrate our authors – and use their work to create a Cento...
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Taking yourself outside your creative box
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My students often think I spend my days (and nights) formulating new ways to torture them. I tend to notice patterns in their work, point them out and then make them do the polar opposite...
Read MoreThe Fear of Failure
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“I’m not good enough...No one will ever want to read this...This was a terrible idea...I should just quit." Sound familiar? These are statements that creative people say to themselves on a daily basis as they pursue their work, and this fear of failure can be emotionally paralyzing.
Read MoreAnnouncing the Madigan Military Award
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Negative Capability is happy to announce the Madigan Military Award. Humorous true stories about military service; yes, we can laugh about it.. Out Loud. Open to all branches of the service, all nationalities, spouses, and children of service members.
Read MoreWriting Ties That Bind: Mothers / Fathers...
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"Our mothers always remain the strangest, craziest people we’ve ever met." --Marguerite Duras
Marge Piercy says that a dab of childhood mud can set a story right…
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