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Priest Pond (Part 2)
Below is the second part of Lisa Gornick's story from our Fall 2013 Issue, "Priest Pond." Lisa Gornick is the author of two novels, A Private Sorcery (Algonquin) and Tinderbox (Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus & Giroux). ‘‘Priest Pond’’ is part of a forthcoming collection of linked stories, Louisa Meets Bear (Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus & …
Priest Pond (Part 1)
This week we will be featuring Fall 2013 contributor Lisa Gornick on the Prairie Schooner blog. Lisa Gornick is the author of two novels, A Private Sorcery (Algonquin) and Tinderbox (Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus & Giroux). Her stories have appeared in many literary journals, including AGNI, Confrontation, The Massachusetts Review, and Slice, and have received …

Fall 2013 Event: Barry Lopez Reading

Comics: The Building Blocks of Culture

Creative Nonfiction Contest Winner!
Prairie Schooner Introduces New Publicity Associate Ian Rogers
Prairie Schooner is proud to welcome its new Publicity Associate, Ian Rogers! Ian is a first-year MA student in creative writing who brings to Prairie Schooner his two years experience as marketing assistant for the Villa Augustina Academy in his home state of New Hampshire. He holds a BA from Bennington College in Vermont, and …

Briefly Noted – September 2013
Prairie Schooner Welcomes Web Editor Paul Hanson Clark
Prairie Schooner is delighted to introduce its new web editor, Paul Hanson Clark! Paul is a graduate of UNL with a double major in English (specializing in creative writing) and broadcasting (specializing in production) and with a minor in history. Paul previously worked as listings editor for Omaha’s alternative weekly newspaper The Reader, where he …
Air Schooner Hosts Scott Winter and Stacey Waite to Be Featured on NET’s Friday Live
On September 20 at 9 a.m., UNL faculty members Scott Winter and Stacey Waite will head to the NET studio to discuss Prairie Schooner’s Air Schooner podcast on NET public radio’s Friday Live arts program. “This is a great opportunity for Air Schooner and NET to build a storytelling partnership,” said Winter, assistant professor of …