I. “Write in past tense,” I tell students at the technical college where my English classes are populated by poor people, veterans, immigrants, and refugees. “What you’re talking about already happened.” Runs becomes ran. Points becomes pointed. Shoots becomes shot. Although we talk about verb tense all semester, their stories still gallop forward in real […]
Darci Schummer
Darci Schummer is the author of the story collection Six Months in the Midwest (Unsolicited Press) and the forthcoming novel The Ballad of Two Sisters (Unsolicited Press). Her work has appeared in Ninth Letter, Jet Fuel Review, Folio, Sundog Lit, and MAYDAY, among several other journals and anthologies. Connect with her at darci.schummer.com.