October 31, 2022

In Defense of the Short Story

by Alfonso Reyes || We all, as writers, learn about the short story before just about anything else in our prose classes. It’s the perfect medium for workshopping (ie., no longer than your peers’ attention

We Kept Writing

by Amanda Keill ||Spring 2020 What a way to end the semester. Currently coping with COVID-19, graduating, and watching our era’s Civil Rights movement begin has really made my brain reflect on the journey that

Crying from Beauty

by Eric William Farris || I was in the drivers seat of my car next to the McDonald’s on campus, parked: and I guess in my right hand there was the McDonald’s burger that I refuse

The Impostor Syndrome

by Minh Wang  || I don’t believe I’m a “writer.” I mean I started writing like most people who grew up going to general public schools and who wrote the bare minimum stories for their

Literature and Mental Health

by Isabella Neblett || Is there a responsibility in the literary arts to carve a space for those who have mental health issues? As a sexual assault survivor with PTSD, I can say that literature

My “Non-Process” Process

by Naomi Zidon || I was given a project, to write a blog aimed at writers. So, I did what every student does when no idea comes to mind, seek the help of the great

Ways to Manage Many Projects at Once

by Keagan Wheat || I’m juggling a few different, very time-consuming literary projects at once. I’m a poetry editor at Defunkt Magazine and a reviews/interviews editor at Glass Mountain, doing an undergraduate honors thesis (an original

Do I Really Sound Like That?

by Reem Albishah || My writing annoys me. I catch my reflection on the laptop screen rolling its eyes as my fingers jump across the keyboard. Not that I hate my writing, although I naturally

Varied Writing in Literary Journals

by Elsa Pair || What is Glass Mountain’s aesthetic? Essentially, Glass Mountain looks for new writing from emerging writers. Not being committed to a specific theme or style or topic allows us to publish interesting

Out with the Old Again

by Kathy Hill || 7:51 AM, May 25, 2019—I wake up and without thinking decide to take a shower. Something is on my mind and buzzing, but I can’t quite figure out what it is.

Glass Mountain Vol. 22 Launch Party

by Tamara Al-Qaisi-Coleman || I arrived an hour early to what would be my final launch party with Glass Mountain. The chairs were being set up and as I thumbed through the pages of the

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