Only the barest of explanations will ever make it comprehensible. This book is complication made tangible in black ink and sepia-turned paper. I can only give it this basic label because defining it with terms and categories would mean dismissing one or more of its elements. Harlem Renaissance writer Jean Toomer’s Cane is a story collection I always come back to when I want to reeducate myself on how to write flash. Submit your own “Why Flash Fiction?” article or other flash-related essays on our Submittable page ! Coleman delves into the tradition of flash in African American literature and how it drives the lyricism and urgency in her flash fiction. In this column, District Lit fiction editor and 2016 Kathy Fish Fellowship finalist Tyrese L. I n SmokeLong ‘s “Why Flash Fiction?” series, flash fiction writers and editors explore what draws them to the form, from the first time they wrote a piece of flash to why flash resonates with them.
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