Write Moves is an invitation for the student to understand and experience creative writing in the larger frame of humanities education. The practical instruction offered comes in the form of “moves” or tactics for the apprentice writer to try. But the title also speaks to a core value of this project: that creative writing exists to move us. The book focuses on concise, human-voiced instruction in poetry, the short story, and the short creative nonfiction essay.

Emphasis on short forms allows the beginning student to appreciate lessons in craft without being overwhelmed by lengthy model texts; diverse examples of these genres are offered in the anthology.

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Nancy Pagh has authored three collections of poetry (Once Removed, No Sweeter Fat, and After) and one book of nonfiction (At Home Afloat). Her textbook (Write Moves: A Creative Writing Guide & Anthology) was published in 2016 by Broadview Press. Nancy's work appears in many periodicals (including Valparaiso Poetry Review, Canadian Literature, Prairie Schooner, Crab Creek Review, Poetry Northwest, Rattle, CuiZine, Bellingham Review, Verse Daily, Poetry Daily, and O: the Oprah magazine) and anthologies (Refugium: Poems for the Pacific; Fire on Her Tongue: An eBook Anthology of Contemporary Women's Poetry; The Autumn House Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry; and When She Named Fire: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry by American Women).