The editorial staff of Current is pleased to announce its nominees for the 2024 Pushcart Prize. They are: Agnes Howard, “Privilege, Hungarian Style“ Paul Luikart, “Johnson Throws the Knuckleball“ Tim Larsen, “When H.G. Wells Found God“ Jacqueline Doyle, “Shoplifting“ Tim […]
creative non-fiction
The New Journalism and the “war over creative nonfiction”
I will start this post with this: If you are a creative nonfiction writer we want to see your work at Current. Maybe this piece by Eric Bennet at The Chronicle of Higher Education will inspire you to send us […]
“Later you wonder what your children will remember about these days and where the past will find them”
I like to think of Robert Erle Barham as the cultivator of Current ‘s literary soul. If you are not familiar with his creative non-fiction, you should be. In January 2023 we ran his piece “When You Measured the World.” […]