WRITING LIFE: On Staying Put and Finding Inspiration Within by Sherell Barbee August 4, 2020 I use every inch of my house as a new muse. Read the full story →
CRAFT: Writing to Heal – A Primer by Yolande House August 4, 2020 Describe a traumatic incident cinematically, as if it were playing out as a movie. Read the full story →
INTERVIEW: Robyn Ryle, Author of Throw Like a Girl, Cheer Like a Boy August 4, 2020 “If you’re born into contemporary American culture, though it’s changing a lot, the idea that there are only two genders is very much there.” Read the full story →
INTERVIEW: Cija Jefferson, Author of Sonic Memories and Other Essays August 4, 2020 “I remember my Dad telling my sister and me, ‘You are a double minority, black and a woman, you gotta be twice as good to get half as much.’” Read the full story →
REVIEW: Black Man on the Titanic by Serge Bilé August 4, 2020 The casual omission of Black people aboard the ill-fated ocean liner allows this book to offer a new perspective on historical Black figures… Read the full story →
REVIEW: From the Lake House by Kristen Rademacher August 4, 2020 At first, Kristen is charmed by Jason’s stories of deer hunting and NASCAR, which she contrasts with her “preppy New England” schooling and love of Broadway Read the full story →
INTERVIEW: Miah Jeffra, Author of The Fabulous Ekphrastic Fantastic! July 7, 2020 …what is truthful is that the way that you remember it is how you have been constructed, no matter how minutely or profound that was. Read the full story →
INTERVIEW: Melissa Valentine, Author of The Names of All the Flowers July 7, 2020 This book saw me through active grief. It saw me through figuring out how to write. It saw me through finding my way into my story. Read the full story →
INTERVIEW: Davon Loeb, Author of The In-Betweens July 7, 2020 As a poetry editor, one thing that I prefer is narrative poetry—don’t explain; show it. Read the full story →
INTERVIEW: Jason B. Rosenthal, Author of My Wife Said You Wanted to Marry Me: A Memoir July 7, 2020 In March 2017, Jason’s wife, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, penned her final goodbye – an essay called “You May Want to Marry my Husband”. Read the full story →