• Kim Suhr is Director of Red Oak Writing and author of Nothing to Lose (Cornerstone Press, 2018). She leads critique groups, teaches craft & publishing workshops, and provides manuscript critiques and coaching for individual clients. Her work has appeared in many journals including at Wisconsin People & Ideas, Midwest Review, the Stonecoast Review and Solstice Lit. In addition, her writing has earned awards from the Wisconsin Writers’ Association’s Jade Ring and Lindemann Humor Contests. She holds an MFA from the Solstice program at Pine Manor College (now at Lasell University) where she was the Dennis Lehane Fellow in Fiction. To learn more about her writing, visit kimsuhr.com.

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Everything Burns

Before I step through the doors of the cigar factory, I smell the aroma that has followed my sister, Rosario, home since she started working here. As my eyes adjust... Read more.
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Open Book

Alistair and I do our homework at the island in the kitchen while, at the stove, Mom stirs pasta fazool. The smell of onions and garlic makes my stomach growl and... Read more.