Welcome to Writers Resist the Summer 2026 Issue
This is Writers Resist‘s tenth summer, and this issue is one of our most challenging—not solely due to its size. Perhaps it’s the prolonged exposure to putrid politicians (a putrescence of politicians, if you’ve an affinity for terms of venery) that has inspired the constellation of passions reflected in the issue. From the analogies in nature’s invasives, in Danita Dodson’s poem, to raging against ICE, in Karen Crawford’s spoken word poem, these creations ring the truth, the despair, the joy, the hope. And we hope you find all this as you make your way through the summer of 2026.
The virtual reading for this issue is on Saturday 11 July at 5:00 pm PACIFIC. Please email us at writersresist@gmail.com for the Zoom link.
Now, a little note from our publisher: I admit defeat; YouTube and I are not friends. While I seek absolution from the literary gods and our contributors who’ve been asking to see their recorded readings, I’m praying for someone who will teach me how to post our readings on YouTube. I have the basics (sort of), but they need those opening and closing title slide thingies, and more patience than I’ve been able to muster. If someone will take pity and walk me through the process, I will be exceedingly grateful. If you’re out there, please send me an email at kbgressitt@gmail.com.
Finally, and most important, Writers Resist the Summer of 2026:
Invasives by Danita Dodson
Goodbye and Good Riddance by Carolyn Gevinski
Deliverance by Phyllis Wax
13 Ways of Looking at Wicked by Suzanne Edison
Insurance Approved by Samantha Lucia
CASE FILE #1776″ The Murder of Lady Liberty by Daniel P. Douglas
astomatous by Victoria Reyes
Flying Free by Marc Audet
The In-Between by Krista Lee Hanson
The Law by Anne Reiner
The Boy by Raima Larter
Fog of War by Laura Buxbaum
How to Ignite Polite Fires by Em Arata-Berkel
In the Unlikely Event by Rebecca Watkins
While Europe Was Burning by Tytti Heikkinen
Someone Will Be Right With You by Laura Grace Weldon
Fruit Flies by Deborrah Corr
No Quarter by Julie Gard
Two Poems by Erin Vaughn
Dear Colleague: by Shannon Frost Greenstein
To the League of Extraordinary Ladies by Sarah Gane Burton
They Forget by Mandy Prell
Something So Small by Phebe Jewell
The Janus of Freedom by D. Edgar Cook
To those out there with hope by Catherine Zickgraf
Winter in Certain American Cities by Alina Zollfrank
Unbroken by Karen Crawford
Photo credit: K-B Gressitt.
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