In Part 2 of our Pushcart Prize Nomination podcast series, we review three pieces: one of poetry, one of creative nonfiction, and one of fiction. Our editors Elena, Mel, and Cerid share their reasons for nominating these pieces, and we hear each author’s background and reason for writing, in their own words. Stories here include “Sharh on Sunan an-Nasa’i 736” by Reyzl Grace; “Rubies” by Carol E. Anderson; and “Ashmedai and the Hairdresser” by Allister Nelson. Part 1 can be found here.
Featured Authors:
Reyzl Grace is a writer, librarian, and translator whose work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and featured in Room, Rust & Moth, So to Speak, and other periodicals. Currently a poetry editor for Psaltery & Lyre, she lives as an expat in Minneapolis with her novelist girlfriend, arguing over which of them is the better writer. (It’s her girlfriend.) Find more of her at reyzlgrace.com and on social media @reyzlgrace
Nominated Poetry: “Sharh on Sunan an-Nasa’i 736” by Reyzl Grace on the Metaworker website
Carol E. Anderson is a life coach and former organizational consultant whose passions are writing, women’s empowerment and travel photography. She is the founder of Rebellious Dreamers, a twenty-five year strong non-profit organization that has helped women over thirty-five realize dreams they’d deferred and women of all ages come into their own. Carol holds a doctorate in spiritual studies, and master’s degrees in organizational development, and creative nonfiction. She is the author of the award-winning memoir, You Can’t Buy Love Like That: Growing Up Gay in the Sixties. Her work has been published in The Metaworker, Across the Margin, Bending Genres, Hippocampus, Lit Break and others. Her goal at this stage is to live with a peaceful heart – a state regularly cultivated through walks in nature, meditation, and heartfelt conversation with friends. She lives with the love of her life and their sassy pup in a nature sanctuary in Ann Arbor, MI.
Nominated Creative Nonfiction: “Rubies” by Carol E Anderson on the Metaworker website
Allister Nelson is a technical writer who has been published in Apex Magazine, Eternal Haunted Summer, FunDead Publication’s Gothic Anthology, Sudden Denouement, the Showbear Family Circus, and more.
Nominated Fiction: “Ashmedai and the Hairdresser” by Allister Nelson on the Metaworker website
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