What’s this all in the middle of the week? Well, I’ll tell ya, we’re given you some cool words. Please enjoy readings from Rich Farrell, Robert Vivan, and myself

Rich Farrell: (fiction) Rich is a recent graduate from the MFA in Writing Program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. He has published at Hunger Mountain and at Numero Cinq, where he is also a contributing editor. For the past year, he has been the Creative Non-Fiction Editor at Upstreet. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, he has worked as a high school teacher, a defense contractor and as a Navy pilot. He is currently at work on a collection of short stories. Click here to read an interview with Rich.

Robert Vivian: Robert Vivian is the author of two award-winning books of meditative essays, Cold Snap As Yearning and The Least Cricket Of Evening. He is also the author of The Tall Grass Trilogy–The Mover Of Bones, Lamb Bright Saviors, and Another Burning Kingdom. His most recent published novel is Water And Abandon. He’s also written many plays that have been produced in NYC, many of whose monologues have been published in The Best American Monologues for both men and women. He wrote an adaptation of Ibsen’s Ghosts in 2006 that premiered at Studio Arena Theatre in Buffalo. His essays have been mentioned numerous times in The Best American Essay Series, and his stories, poems, and essays have appeared in magazines and journals like Harper’s, Georgia Review, Creative Nonfiction, and scores of others. In 2008 he was the first American ever to teach at Ondokuz Mayis University in Samsun, Turkey; he currently teaches as associate professor at Alma College in Michigan. He’s just completed two new novels, The Town That Burns Eternity Into Your Soul and Return To Hush Moon Lake.

Ian Bodkin: What? Ian is the one writing this. He likes you. You’re alright. Ian hosts a podcast. This is the selfie in a hall of mirrors, but painted in words. Ian has a creepy smile as of now.

River Pretty: http://riverpretty.com

Paddle Shots: http://riverpretty.com/paddle-shots-a-river-pretty-anthology-vo