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Heavy Meta is a fabulous counterpart to MFA Lore, for anyone constructing a writing life with the rigor of an MFA program. While MFA Lore is heavy on the practice of writing, Heavy Meta is heavy on the practice of reading like a writer. BOTH are indispensable for serious literary writers!
Louisa Wah is taking us on an unforgettable journey of immigration from China through Hong Kong to life beyond. This is an important story filled with love and loss along a hard path to forgiveness and understanding.
Learn about life after getting an MFA -- the writing life and all the other lives that writers--especially women writers -- must cultivate to feed their souls! Thank you for adding your voice to Substack, Lily!
Dana's presentation of politics and policy through the prism of frameworks is essential to understanding the world today. It's also an essential tool for creative writers struggling to create narratives about our world. The frameworks of politics and the frameworks of stories go hand in hand.
Kate Gale is a literary force in book publishing. The power behind Red Hen Press, she is also a vibrant poet and author in her own right. Her Substack gives us a personal peek into the complicated world that created and nourishes this icon of independent publishing.
Important perspective, valuable insight, compelling stories and refreshing ways of looking at the world! Thank you, Sieran.



















































