Monthly Archives: March 2022

Mid-Week Field Notes–March 30, 2022

Posted on March 30, 2022 by Barbara Krasner

Some very quick things: Time to reveal the cover! Another poetry rejection from a Tier 1 literary publication rolled in, a standard form letter. One of my Q2 goals is to hone my skill in poetry revision. I have made … Continue reading →

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#52snapshots 2022 | Week 12, This I Used to Believe

Posted on March 25, 2022 by Barbara Krasner

This week’s prompt was tough: to write about something I believed in with my whole heart and then write about when that belief changed. I couldn’t think of anything I believed in that way. The prompt suggested three beliefs as … Continue reading →

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Mid-Week Field Notes–March 23, 2022

Posted on March 23, 2022 by Barbara Krasner

Some very quick things: My Holocaust & Genocide Studies doctoral dissertation, “Family, Hope, and Survival: The Nativization of Children’s Holocaust Literature in North America, 1940-2020,” is now with my committee members for their review. I hope to defend and graduate … Continue reading →

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#52snapshots 2022 | Week 11, Still Feeling Guilty

Posted on March 18, 2022 by Barbara Krasner

Week11’s #52snapshots prompt asks for a list of what you still feel guilty about, and then choose one to write about. My list included unfriending someone from Facebook. Several years later, I learned from Facebook that she had died. I … Continue reading →

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Mid-Week Field Notes–March 16, 2022

Posted on March 16, 2022 by Barbara Krasner

Some very quick things: One more rejection of four poems by a literary magazine came in during this last week but also an acceptance. My poem, “Yiddish Is Not the Language of the Dead,” has now been published online at … Continue reading →

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#52snapshots 2022 | Week 10, Time Travel Redux

Posted on March 11, 2022 by Barbara Krasner

Week10’s #52snapshots prompt requires making a list of moments in the past when you didn’t get to say what you needed to say either because the timing or setting was wrong or because it was too scary. My list included … Continue reading →

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Mid-Week Field Notes–March 9, 2022

Posted on March 9, 2022 by Barbara Krasner

Some very quick things: Rejections of poetry and flash nonfiction have come in from two literary magazines I highly respect and yearn to have my work in. I’ll have to try again with different material. I am committing to sending … Continue reading →

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#52snapshots 2022 | Week 9, Time Travel

Posted on March 4, 2022 by Barbara Krasner

Week 9’s #52snapshots prompt requires making a list of moments in time you’d like to return to, even if they weren’t moments that actually involved you. Then choose a moment from the list and write about it in present tense. … Continue reading →

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Mid-Week Field Notes–March 2, 2022

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Barbara Krasner

Some very quick things: Mason Street, the literary journal of the Newark (NJ) Public Library, has accepted two of my poems, “At the Kitchen Table” and “Homage to My Hometown” for its upcoming Home issue to be published mid-month. That … Continue reading →

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