REVIEW: A Cuban Refugee’s Journey to the American Dream: The Power of Education by Gerardo M. Gonzalez April 1, 2019 Gonzalez’s debut memoi…, is a heart-warming and resilient story about an educator’s commitment to bettering the world around him. Read full story →
Review: Becoming by Michelle Obama April 1, 2019 The word “becoming” means not only attractive, but describes a transition into another state of being…. Read full story →
Review: Phantom Signs: The Muse in Universe City by Philip Brady April 1, 2019 A blurb on the back cover of … Phantom Signs: The Muse in Universe City describes it as a “high-spirited flash memoir.” Read full story →
CRAFT: It’s in the Blood by Tyler Grimm March 4, 2019 We all suffer differently, but there are countless solutions, strategies, concepts, resources, or even just tiny steps that may be helpful. Read full story →
WRITING LIFE: How to Write About Trauma in a Safe(r) Way by Yolande House March 4, 2019 When I first started writing about my childhood physical and emotional abuse in 2006, I did almost everything wrong. Read full story →
Review: The Ultimate Droodles Compendium…by (the late author) Roger Price and Editor Fritz Holznagel March 4, 2019 As I read The Ultimate Droodles…I could smell cigarette smoke, hear ice tinkling in a glass and the sound of my grandmother’s typewriter clacking away Read full story →
Review: The Salt Lake Papers: From the Years in the Earthscapes of Utah by Edward Lueders March 4, 2019 Lueders… has written a book that reflects both his love of the earth and love of language. Read full story →
Review: The Fourth String by Janet Pocorobba March 4, 2019 When a friend sends Pocorobba a magazine ad for free lessons on a traditional Japanese instrument called the shamisen, Pocorobba signs up. Read full story →
An Interview with Stephanie Land, author of the recently released Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive February 1, 2019 If Stephanie Land is not on your radar, you might want to get a new one. Right after you pick up a copy of her blistering-hot memoir, Maid…. Read full story →
CRAFT: Five Lessons From Yoga That Apply to Writing by Michelle Levy February 1, 2019 I hadn’t written in twenty years. Well, I’d written—plenty—but hadn’t called myself a writer since grad school. Read full story →