I am five. My mother has picked me up from school after her lunch shift at the restaurant. She smells like cooking oil, sliced fish, and soy sauce.
Arizabesu by Elizabeth Miki Brina
Category: Issues
Enough by Robert Weinberger
My father is the wisest man in the world. Children say things like this all the time, but in my case it’s true.
Review: I’ll Tell You Mine: Thirty Years of Essays from the Iowa Nonfiction Program Edited by Hope Edelman and Robin Hemley
I’ll Tell You Mine: Thirty Years of Essays from the Iowa Nonfiction Program is not a “best of collection,” according to its editors
REVIEW: Memoir Your Way: Tell Your Story Through Writing, Recipes, Quilts, Graphic Novels, and More
We all have stories to tell, yet we are not limited to simply performing or writing these stories. Other interests, such as knitting or cooking, can help in portraying our personal stories.
REVIEW: Land of Enchantment by Leigh Stein
Leigh Stein has a problem. This problem’s name is Jason. He’s an abusive, manipulative, imposter of a man. But here’s the thing; she just can’t get enough of him.
REVIEW: Threading My Prayer Rug by Sabeeha Rehman
In many ways, Sabeeha Rehman’s memoir, Threading My Prayer Rug, is an immigrant’s story of assimilation
CRAFT: Embracing NaNoWriMo as nonfiction writers
Like many writers, I’ll be spending November trying to churn out 1,667 words each day in order to end the month with a complete novel of at least 50,000 words.
Six Flash Essays from ‘Leaving Instructions’ by Gail Hosking
I offer you these two cups of air, said the rabbi under the chuppa. One for you, and one for you. Though I’ll not tell you whose is whose.
Science for Boys by Dave Wheeler
With small but steady hands, the care of a surgeon, I bring my Swiss Army knife to the center of my latest subject: a faded green rabbit of matted velveteen…
The Decision by Stephen Morison, Jr.
I’ve traveled to dangerous places before. I once hitchhiked from Amman to Baghdad, but that was before the wars and the Twin Tower flattening…
