…to understand how I feel about my infertility, you have to know about two things: the Poochie Overnighter, and Cold Fusion.
Cold Fusion and the Poochie Overnighter: An Essay About Infertility by Jen Minarik
Category: Issues
The Wanderer by Simchi Cohen
Sixteen years ago I left my ultra-Orthodox Jewish family: my father, the community Rabbi, my mother…
The Whale by Kat Read
The day I went to see the whale, I was on the deck of a small vessel off the coast of Kaikōura, New Zealand.
Salt by Lizzie Roberts
It was after the first snow when I learned Detroit was built on a salt mine.
The Death of Sonny by Lisa Cooper Ellison
Sitting in the band’s touring van as we waited for our new driver, Mario, I was once again surrounded by smoke.
CRAFT: 14 Tips for Interviewing Authors by Sarah Boon
…interviewing an author isn’t as simple as picking up the phone and talking—there’s a lot of preparatory work…
WRITING LIFE: Redefining Failure After a Brain Injury by Brooke Knisley
Before 2015, procrastination was the name of my game…
Reviews of Three Adoption Memoirs: All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung; and Belief Is Its Own Kind of Truth, Maybe by Lori Jakiela; An Adoptee Lexicon by Karen Pickell
With its built-in interrogation of what it means to belong to a family, adoption offers a rich context for memoir.
Review: Hippie Chick: Coming of Age in the ‘60s by Ilene English
The feeling of creating a community of unknown but like-minded souls is intoxicating.
Review: Lost Without the River: A Memoir by Barbara Hoffbeck Scoblic
The youngest of seven children, Scoblic seems to mourn what time has erased, especially the family unit…
