{"id":5458,"date":"2019-01-28T13:21:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T13:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/?p=5458"},"modified":"2019-01-28T21:34:32","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T21:34:32","slug":"writers-block-amanda-biltucci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/?p=5458","title":{"rendered":"WRITER&#8217;S BLOCK &#8211; Amanda Biltucci"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019re in an empty grain silo\u2014<br \/>\nso dark you can\u2019t see<br \/>\nthe domed roof. The only door<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nslams closed behind you.<br \/>\nAll the light you\u2019re able to see<br \/>\nshines from a nickel-sized hole<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nfar above your head.<br \/>\nYour voice vibrates to the top<br \/>\nof the silo as you yell for help.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nSurely, the farmer must hear<br \/>\nyour echo. But he\u2019s gone\u2014<br \/>\ndriving all the cows to slaughter.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAmanda Biltucci is currently studying English and Creative Writing as a PhD student at Binghamton University, where she is also a poetry editor for <em>Harpur Palate<\/em>. Originally from a tiny rural town in central New York State, the Mohawk Valley and Adirondack Mountains inspire much of her work. Her poetry has appeared in <em>Blueline<\/em> and <em>Written River<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019re in an empty grain silo\u2014 so dark you can\u2019t see the domed roof. The only door &nbsp; slams closed behind you. All the light you\u2019re able to see shines from a nickel-sized hole &nbsp; far above your head. Your voice vibrates to the top of the silo as you yell for help. &nbsp; Surely, [&#038;hellip<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5889,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[318],"class_list":["post-5458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","tag-writers-block-by-drew-coffman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5458"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5891,"href":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5458\/revisions\/5891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}