Last month, I broke a promise to my husband. It was a vow we’d made together, many years ago, when we swore we’d never pass our bad habits to our kids.
Writing Life: Fear and Writing (Agents and Critics and Commas, Oh My!) by Lisa Ahn
Category: Articles
Review: Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World by Shereen El Feki
In her new work of literary journalism, “Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World,” Shereen El Feki tackles the hotbed topic of sexuality in the Middle East, specifically Egypt.
Review: Butterfly Tears: Stories of Entrapment to Empowerment
The stories presented in Butterfly Tears are at the same time horrific and heartwarming.
Interview: Poe Ballantine, author of Love and Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere: A Memoir
Author Poe Ballantine discovered the basis for his latest book … right next door when his Nebraska neighbor disappeared and his mutilated body found months later.
Interview: Filmmaker Dave Jannetta, director/producer/editor of the documentary Love & Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere.
I knew right away I wanted try and make it into a film…
Craft: I Was Here by Risa Nye
When a writer chooses to tell a story, we—the readers—must be made to understand several things: Why this story? Why this writer? And why now?
The Writing Life: Bite-Sized by Jim Gray
There’s something too intimidating and “big picture” about a memoir. Rather, my compulsion to write involves a much narrower focus…
Review: Zoo Station by Christiane Felscherinow
The memoir, set in the Zoo Subway Station (Banhhof Zoo), Gropiusstadt housing projects, and neighboring areas in West Berlin was first published in Germany in 1979.
Review: Mattie C’s Boy — The Shelley Stewart Story by Don Keith and Shelley Stewart
We are but a generation from the protests that brought upon the Civil Rights movement, and Shelley Stewart was at the center of it.
Interview: Elynne Chaplik-Aleskow, memoir writer
In my younger years, I did not write stories. Rather, I wrote feelings.
