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Get Unstuck: A Generative Writing Class
A recording from Kimberly King Parsons and Chelsea Bieker's live video
Jul 27 • Kimberly King Parsons and Chelsea Bieker
58:16
Lucia Berlin's "Cherry Blossom Time"
In berserk circles forever
Jul 25 • Kimberly King Parsons
Jess Arndt’s “Third Arm”
Hornier than Kafka
Jul 17 • Kimberly King Parsons
Mary Robison's WHY DID I EVER
Well, shit man
Jul 11 • Kimberly King Parsons
Amy Hempel’s “Pool Night”
The death wish waiting
Jul 3

June 2026

Barry Hannah's "Coming Close to Donna"
Some eternal teenage moment
Jun 12 • Kimberly King Parsons
Susan Steinberg's "Universal"
In no way
Jun 6 • Kimberly King Parsons

May 2026

Merritt Tierce's LOVE ME BACK
Lodged in the mire
May 29 • Kimberly King Parsons
Valerie Laken's "Family Planning"
Hulking in the half dark
May 23 • Kimberly King Parsons
Diane Williams’s “All American”
Getting away with it
May 15 • Kimberly King Parsons
Diane Williams's "Orgasms"
My dark idea
May 8 • Kimberly King Parsons
Richard Ford's "Optimists"
Ended, really
May 1 • Kimberly King Parsons
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