First Breath
Kimberly King Parsons, Chelsea Bieker\ud83e\udec1 What brilliant beginnings teach us about writing—one paragraph, up close, every Friday
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 28 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 11 days ago |
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This is First Breath—one paragraph, up close, every Friday*
*except! I am working on a new project I’m so excited about (and I hope to share it with you sooner than later), so I’m planning to skip some Fridays here and there until the fall...
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Lucia Berlin's "Cherry Blossom Time"
In berserk circles forever
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Jess Arndt’s “Third Arm”
Hornier than Kafka
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Mary Robison's WHY DID I EVER
Well, shit man
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National Book Award-nominated author of WE WERE THE UNIVERSE and BLACK LIGHT ✦ Co-creator of The Fountain ⛲ ✦ \ud83e\udec1 Unfucking my attention span one paragraph at a time \ud83c\udf0a I teach fiction in the MFA program at Pacific University
Bestselling author of three books of fiction and co-creator of The Fountain. I help writers build emotionally and energetically aligned creative practices.
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