If I were to write the story of YARN’s first year, which started and ended with 2010, it would take the form of a fairy tale: “Once upon a time, there was a writer…Who became an editor….and had a baby!” Or something like that. But seriously–2010 has been a momentous year, for YARN and for [...]
Fiction
Freak of Nature
By Andrea Torrey Balsara
The Toronto News Weekly
April 14, 2010
The paper industry giant, Cold Comfort, had its logging operations in northern Ontario closed today, pending an investigation into the death of photographer Edward Frickley, from environmental group ACTION NOW [...]
Blog
Graceling: A Call to Action
I’m late to the party. I know I’ve been hearing vague whispers that “Graceling” by Kristen Cashore rocks…and I don’t know why it’s taken me over a year to pick the book up. But now that I have, I’m going to have to add my voice to the mix. (FYI: This blog will include some [...]
Poetry
The Last Cupcake, After the Breakup, Hospice
by Moira Donohue
The Last Cupcake
In the middle of the table,
On a blue and yellow plate,
With a mound of sprinkled frosting
Sat the very last cupcake.
In my family you are treated
As a criminal, or worse
If you eat the only cupcake
And don’t ask the others first.But that frosting was so fluffy
With its curlicues of pink,
That I swiped it with my finger,
Without taking time to think [...]
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