Consequence Forum

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We spoke with Raphael Badagliacca, an author featured in Consequence Forum’s Journal 17.1, about what the organization means to him. Head to consequenceforum.org/journals to read his work.

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Learn more and register at consequenceforum.org/workshops. We offer both a sliding scale and a reduced rate for those who can’t make a class but would like to have access to the video recordings. For more info, please email info@consequenceforum.org

We spoke to Peter McKinney, an author featured in Consequence Forum’s Journal 17.1, about knowing when his pieces are truly finished. Head to consequenceforum.org/journals to read his work.

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Flash! Four Works of Micro-Fiction (with audio recordings) Inhabiting the rich borderland between poetry and prose, these stories combine compression and narrative in a form that, author Dana Wall says, “effectively captures the compressed intensity of war.”

Inhabiting the rich borderland between poetry and prose, these stories combine compression and narrative in a form that, author Dana Wall says, “effectively captures the compressed intensity of war.”
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The Art of Peace: On Amichai, Darwish, and the Poetic Imagination By Yahia Lababidi. "Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish and Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai write from fractured geographies: two sides of a wound too deep for slogans."

By Yahia Lababidi (@ysl.bsky.social‬). "Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish and Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai write from fractured geographies: two sides of a wound too deep for slogans."

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The Original “Occupy DC” Movement The 1932 Bonus Army: when war veterans protesting for better benefits faced a military backlash. By J.G.P. MacAdam

The 1932 Bonus Army: when war veterans protesting for better benefits faced a military backlash. By J.G.P. MacAdam

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#veteransupport #veterans #veteranshelpingveterans #VeteranStrong #Essays #nonfictionreads #nonfiction #nonfictionauthor

Empire State of Mind Three books to help wrap your head around the true span of American military hegemony. By J.G.P. MacAdam.

Three books to help wrap your head around the true span of American military hegemony. By J.G.P. MacAdam.

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#bookrecommendations #militarybooks #usmilitary #USMilitaryHistory #USMilitaryPower

🎉🎉 On Sunday, August 10, at 3 pm, Consequence Forum's Contributing Editor Martha Collins will be awarded the New England Poetry Club’s Golden Rose Award, one of the nation’s oldest literary prizes.

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I Remember Buddy Nonfiction by James J. Kirschke. “Well, now that I am blind, when I go out to supper with my wife and children, the waiter or waitress always asks my wife . . . what I would like to eat."

Nonfiction by James J. Kirschke. “Well, now that I am blind, when I go out to supper with my wife and children, the waiter or waitress always asks my wife . . . what I would like to eat."

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#nonfiction #nonfictionreads #vietnamwar

A new prose workshop!

Bringing the Receipts: Using Personal Documents as Prompts to Write about the Past

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Found familial photograph A poem by Vaughn Hayes that imagines a convincing world for the people found in a photograph, telling us of their lives and sacrifices, and ends on the hope for someone "to say something soft."

A poem by Vaughn Hayes that imagines a convincing world for the people found in a photograph, telling us of their lives and sacrifices, and ends on the hope for someone "to say something soft."

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Writing Sci-Fi War Stories

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Father, A Portrait in Wartime An interview by C. J. Anderson-Wu (吳介禎) with Taiwanese artist Chang Ping-Cheng (張秉正). "Although my imagery draws from the generation of my father, I’m not simply telling their stories."

An interview by C. J. Anderson-Wu (吳介禎) with Taiwanese artist Chang Ping-Cheng (張秉正). "Although my imagery draws from the generation of my father, I’m not simply telling their stories."

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New Poetry Workshop: The Grammar of History, the Syntax of War

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Film Review: Defectors by Hyun kyung Kim A Featured Review by Alice Stephens. "As a Korean adoptee . . . the film deeply resonated with me in its depiction of the calamitous, and yet hidden, trauma of family separation."

A Featured Review by Alice Stephens. "As a Korean adoptee . . . the film deeply resonated with me in its depiction of the calamitous, and yet hidden, trauma of family separation."

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Yehuda Amichai: A Perspective (Part 2) By poet Gunilla T. Kester. "Yet the most central theme in his collected oeuvre, perhaps, is his ongoing dialogue, not to say, argument with G-d."

By poet Gunilla T. Kester. "Yet the most central theme in his collected oeuvre, perhaps, is his ongoing dialogue, not to say, argument with G-d."

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Jupiter Begging Fiction by Michelle R. Brady. “Lucifer literally means light bearing. It’s the morning star. Maybe that’s why. You know?”

Fiction by Michelle R. Brady @bradymicheller.bsky.social. “Lucifer literally means light bearing. It’s the morning star. Maybe that’s why. You know?”

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On Fireworks & Lucky Stars A personal essay about testing the limits of trauma from J.G.P. MacAdam

A personal essay about testing the limits of trauma from Jgp MacAdam

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#Veterans #VeteranSupport #nonfiction #personalessay #nonfictionreads #nonfictionwriter #nonfictionreading

"The Machine That Won the War" A deep dive into Isaac Asimov's 1961 short story, which holds some clues about the opportunity (or threat) of AI.

A deep dive into Isaac Asimov's 1961 short story, which holds some clues about the opportunity (or threat) of AI.

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Our reading period is open from 7/15 - 10/15. As always, we’re after the strongest fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translations, and visual art that address the consequences of war.

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As part of our Young Writers Nonfiction Project, we're launching a FREE three-part nonfiction workshop series for writers aged 15-24.

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Highlighting the Context and Conditions in Which People Exist: a Conversation with Amina Tawasil Writer Naya Clark speaks with author Amina Tawasil about, among other things, her new book, Paths Made by Walking.

Writer Naya Clark speaks with author Amina Tawasil about, among other things, her new book, Paths Made by Walking.

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