W. Scott Olsen teaches at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, where he also edits the literary magazine Ascent. His most recent book is A Moment with Strangers (NDSU Press, 2016).
Nonfiction
May/June 2017
On the Act of Arrival
There is always that step, that motion, that willing of the body into a new space. Late fall in New York City, a bright warm day following a day of […]
Fiction
Spring 1989
A Winter Date
When Arthur Christensen heard her voice, some snow fell off his shovel. It wasn’t that he was unaccustomed to hearing her sing. Even early in the morning, in hard winter. […]
Winter 2012
The Beautiful Line
Tell me about the beginning of desire. We hear a story, or a question, or a challenge, someone else’s adventure—someone we know or someone so deep in a history even […]