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The Ship and the Storm is a conversation through poetry between two unique voices, exploring themes of nature and nostalgia, struggle and the self. Diane Callahan and David Dixon take listeners from Ohio’s familiar landscapes to the battlefields of America’s War on Terror —and everywhere in between. Callahan brings her incisive wit to examinations of wanderlust and womanhood, while Dixon casts a veteran’s sincere-but-jaded eye toward violence and regret. The Ship and the Storm is a collection that rewards contemplation, with each revisit uncovering new threads of meaning and connection.

Got writing questions? You’ve come to the right place! Diane Callahan—writer, editor, and YouTuber—answers listener-submitted questions related to the craft of fiction writing. Each episode is themed around a different topic, from characterization and plot structure to point of view and grammar. Submit your question for an upcoming episode on Spotify or the Quotidian Writer YouTube community page: www.youtube.com/@QuotidianWriter/community. Theme song: "Clockwork, part two" by Vindsvept

They stick out. They change the conversation. They challenge the traditional narrative. They are outcasts - isolated, different, misunderstood. Being normal is nice. But being an outcast is a real part of the human experience. Have you have ever had the feeling of being alone in some way, of being on the outside looking in? If so, then the characters in these short stories will move you - sometimes by their depravity, sometimes by their sorrow...and sometimes by their joy.