WRITING LIFE: How I Renewed My Enthusiasm for Writing by Erica M. Dolson December 2, 2020 I started to watch Jane the Virgin during a summer when my writing had become monotonous… Read full story →
CRAFT: For Instructors – Workshop Dynamics in the Zoom Room by Michelle Levy December 2, 2020 Does anyone else freshen their breath before a Zoom meeting? I do. Read full story →
REVIEW: World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil December 2, 2020 The first chapter of World of Wonders… opens with a Catalpa Tree in western Kansas. The tree is both literal and metaphor. Read full story →
REVIEW: Of Color by Jaswinder Bolina December 2, 2020 I read fewer books this year than any year of my adulthood. But then a poet recommended Of Color, by Jaswinder Bolina, on social media. Read full story →
Review: A Silenced Voice: The Life of Journalist Kim Wall by Ingrid & Joachim Wall, Translated by Kathy Saranpa November 11, 2020 …a 30-year-old female journalist disappeared beneath the sea, trapped aboard a man-made submarine… Read full story →
Interview: Rebecca Fish Ewan, Author of Doodling for Writers November 11, 2020 It’s an odd thing that drawing is interpreted as a frivolous thing when it’s so useful Read full story →
Interview: Aidan Martin, Author of Euphoric Recall November 11, 2020 I always knew my story was far more than an addiction-to-recovery tale. However, it most definitely was a cathartic experience, as cliché as that sounds. Read full story →
A Conversation with Kao Kalia Yang, Author of Somewhere in the Unknown World: A Collective Refugee Memoir November 11, 2020 When we talk about Minnesota, we think about Garrison Keillor, we think of Prince, we think of Bob Dylan. But there are all of these refugees here. Read full story →
WRITING LIFE: Books on Writing Are Only Good for One (Really Important) Thing by Alicia Googins October 5, 2020 Like many people who write, I have a large collection of books on writing that I’ve amassed over the years. Read full story →
REVIEW: From Miniskirt to Hijab: A Girl in Revolutionary Iran by Jacqueline Saper October 5, 2020 Saper tells her intimate story … of how she survived (Iran’s) three eras: the monarchy, the revolution, and the Islamic Republic. Read full story →