Living in a city where writers are spread out can feel rather lonely—especially in a city where publishing is not a main industry. Atlanta was in need of a community of writers, and Melysa Martinez saw that opportunity in 2010 and took it by the horns. She’s amazing like that. Enter Kill Your Darlings—a...
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We’re continuing our celebration of ATL Literary month with WRITE CLUB Atlanta, a Fight Club-like monthly reading series helmed by Myke Johns, Nicholas Tecosky and Emily Philp. Every month, they ask writers to come up to the PushPush Theater stage and battle it out over two opposing topics for seven minutes each. The events have...
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National Writing Month gives us a chance to highlight some of the good people, organizations and literature right in our backyard. Kicking off the CCATL literary celebration is none other than Vouched ATL mastermind Laura Straub. You’ve likely seen her sitting behind a table at various arts festivals this past summer. She’s able to...
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When my car broke down along I-85 North, I was angry and embarrassed, standing out on the six-lane highway waiting for a tow truck and becoming fifteen, then thirty, then forty-five minutes late to my job. I cowered in my car while eighteen-wheelers roared past, trying to figure out why I felt I needed to rely at...
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