Writer's Block Magazine

But What Does the Poem Mean?

April 3, 2020

With all that is going on in the world right now, I believe that poetry is more important than ever, and I have been lucky enough to read some incredibly powerful and necessary poems in the last few weeks. And yet poetry seems to be as misunderstood as it ever was. The first question that…

Chasing Dreams, Telling Stories & Picking Flowers

March 26, 2020

by Chaakir Benzina

I started acting in elementary school. It was my first serious dream, and I had it all figured out. I was going to go to high school, take acting classes, register for casting agencies, the whole ordeal. If none of that took off, there would always be the promise of theater school, bringing me back…

If Climate Change Means the End of the World, Why Am I Not Scared?

March 23, 2020

by politics, Ruby Fitzgerald, social commentary

Climate change is a big deal. I try my best: recycling, avoiding single-use plastic, not eating meat. Such small changes help to clear the conscience but don’t infringe on my day to day life. But, if you asked me to stop flying, to never drive a car, or to consider not having children on the…

Turning Touch into Art: Laura A Dima’s Finger Rub Rug

March 19, 2020

by Brendon Booth-Jones

On an overcast Tuesday afternoon, surrounded by sleepy ambiguous warehouses and faded factories, I enter Laura A Dima’s studio, named ISO Amsterdam, on the outskirts of the city. Isolatorweg: the last stop on Metro Line 51. Here she shares a former factory floor with an array of creative professionals doing everything from product design, sculpture…

An Ode to “The Good Place”

March 17, 2020

by Eda Saridogan

It’s not often that a sitcom makes you both laugh out loud and ponder on moral philosophy, but NBC’s The Good Place (2016) does it with such ease and delight. Created by Michael Schur (same dude who created Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, so you can trust he knows what he’s doing), The Good…