Any writer of nonfiction or memoir owes a debt to Mailer, who pioneered techniques that came to define nonfiction, memoir and the New Journalism.
INTERVIEW: J. Michael Lennon, editor of Norman Mailer: The Sixties
How to Write a Review of the Shell Game: A REVIEW of The Shell Game, edited by Kim Adrian
It is best, when writing a book review of The Shell Game: Writers Play with Borrowed Forms, to be an active reader of the book.
REVIEW: A Beautiful and Terrible Thing by Jen Waite
As the title states, what a beautiful and terrible book!
Review: An American (Homeless) in Paris by Chris Ames
Everybody, sometimes, wants to give the middle finger to society and just be left alone. I understand…
Open for Submissions: The 2018 Remember in November Contest for Creative Nonfiction, $1,000 Grand Prize – Deadline: July 31
Hippocampus Magazine is giving away more than $1,200 in cash and prizes this November.
Out of My Hands by Jayne Martin
A charming, deep voice cuts through your semi-conscious state:“We have to get you into surgery right away, Miss Martin.”
A Day at the Living Hoard by Rebecca Nakaba
On a damp day, the loudest thing at the zoo is the AT&T Endangered Species carousel.
A Thing No Longer Given Freely by Stephanie Vessely
I did not want to touch it. I wanted what I had seen on TV, in the movies—a first kiss under a porch light…
Strings by Linda Broder
I try not to sound crazy when friends ask me how I am. I’m doing okay, I say. Really. I’m learning to play the harp…
The Lesson by Christopher P. Collins
…his snippy “No” validates his teenage indignation. He looks back to his game. “Hold on guys,” he radios into the mic. “It’s my dad.”
