INTERVIEW: Liz Kinchen, Author of Light in Bandaged Places September 10, 2023 As a lonely girl coming of age in the 1970s, Liz has every reason to believe her 8th-grade teacher is in love with her. Read full story →
INTERVIEW: Melanie Brooks, Author of A Hard Silence September 10, 2023 I wrote this book almost 20 years after my father’s death. Read full story →
INTERVIEW: Jane Wong, Author of Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City: A Memoir September 10, 2023 We speak to Jane Wong about her approach to memoir as a poet, her deliberate reluctance toward resilience, craft as it relates to violence, and more. Read full story →
INTERVIEW: Alice Carrière, Author of Everything/Nothing/Someone: A Memoir September 10, 2023 Alice and Leslie intergenerational trauma, art and architecture, and the mangled psychiatric system in this author interview. Read full story →
REVIEW: Places We Left Behind: a memoir in miniature by Jennifer Lang September 10, 2023 A memoir-in-miniature explores storytelling outside of traditional forms. Read full story →
REVIEW: The Male Gazed by Manuel Betancourt September 10, 2023 The memoir in essays examines how media and celebrities impact perceptions of same-sex desires and identity. Read full story →
REVIEW: Junk Shop Window: Essays on Myth, Life, and Literature by James J. Patterson September 10, 2023 An essay collection marked by lyrical language, honesty, and humor, invites readers to remain open to experience. Read full story →
WRITING LIFE: Riding the Waves by Zina Zeigler September 10, 2023 Will Ms. Procrastination, Ms. Overwhelm, Ms. Imposter Syndrome or Ms. Muse win? Read full story →
CRAFT: Elevate Your Essays: Writing By Bringing the Interior to the Exterior by Estelle Erasmus September 10, 2023 The best way to get into the underlying emotions of a story is to start with action, aka the inciting incident. Read full story →
INTERVIEW: Jennifer Lunden, Author of American Breakdown August 10, 2023 In her genre-blending masterpiece, Lunden shares her journey to understand an illness that left her bedridden beginning at age 21. Read full story →