An Interview with Barrelhouse Nonfiction Editor Tom McAllister
...about his unlikely love for the Hallmark holiday movies, their peculiar appeal, the Formula that makes them so delightfully problematic, and who would play Tom in the Hallmark holiday movie of his life.
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Learn to Write from the Movies: GENIUS
in Series
BY JOY LAZENDORFER
There’s one surefire way to bond with other literary people, and that’s to quote poetry at them.
Watching 'CHRISTINE' with My Mom
in Online Issue
BY SHANE KOWALSKI
My mom says not to fall in love with a car. She coughs up into a tissue wrinkled in her hand. There’s blood in it. It’s dark and I’ve committed myself to going to bed at the drop of the hat of darkness. But I want to finish watching the movie with my mom. The red car, full of sex, runs over a greaser. We don’t see it but it’s implied.
ALPHA: Wonder What?
in Series
BY DAWN PICHÓN BARRON
ALPHA: exploring current events & concepts from the framework of who & what holds power, fleeting or lasting, in Western pop culture.
Learn to Write From the Movies: Cross Creek
in Series
BY JOY LANZENDORFER
Why get an MFA when you can watch a movie?