It’s hard to pare down good prose and the meat of the story, so my first swipe is at the easy cuts.
CRAFT: The Warning Signs of Throat Clearing by Sue Baldwin-Way
Category: Articles
Review: Starting with Goodbye by Lisa Romeo
…Lisa Romeo explores her relationship with her doting yet distant father after his death …
Review: My Body, My Words: A Collection of Bodies, edited by Loren Kleinman and Amye Archer
One of the genius aspects of this anthology is the editors’ have clearly selected short pieces by design.
Review: Animals Strike Curious Poses by Elena Passarello
…it’s clear that Elena Passarello hasn’t written a typical book about animals.
CRAFT: What My Painter Mother Taught Me About Writing by Katie Simon
Though our tools were different, my painter mother taught me some of my most important lessons about writing.
WRITING LIFE: Confessions of a Working Writer by Penny Guisinger
I’m a creature known as a working writer… I am also a creature known as a literary writer.
INTERVIEW: J. Michael Lennon, editor of Norman Mailer: The Sixties
Any writer of nonfiction or memoir owes a debt to Mailer, who pioneered techniques that came to define nonfiction, memoir and the New Journalism.
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…
