Selina Mahmood’s book felt like…was like to be a resident thrown into a hospital system in a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic.
INTERVIEW: Selina Mahmood, Author of A Pandemic in Residence: Essays from a Detroit Hospital
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INTERVIEW: Maryann Aita, Author of The Little Astronaut: A Memoir in Essays
Maryann Aita explores the concepts of intimacy, love, loneliness, and grief in her experimental collection of essays, The Little Astronaut.
INTERVIEW: Stephen J. West, Author of Soft-Boiled: An Investigation of Masculinity and The Writer’s Life
At its center, Soft-Boiled follows Stephen J. West as he shadows a private investigator by the name of Frank Streets.
REVIEW: Slow Dancing With Fire: A Memoir of Resilience by Brahna Yassky
Former Guerrilla Girl Brahna Yassky’s memoir chronicles reclaiming her life and art after a disfiguring burn.
REVIEW: The Community: A Memoir by N. Jamiyla Chisholm
In a style blending poetic prose and journalistic narrative, the memoir recalls trauma caused by growing up in a religious cult and the path to forgiving a mother.
REVIEW: Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature by Zibby Owens
Award-winning podcaster Zibby Owens reflects on the events that shaped her life and the books that supported her on the journey.
REVIEW: Heir to the Crescent Moon by Sufiya Abdur-Rahman
The memoir, winner of the Iowa Prize for Literary Nonfiction, explores what it means to be a second-generation Black American Muslim.
CRAFT: How to Critique Writing About Trauma in a Safer Way by Yolande House
To avoid unleashing more pain on someone….here are some guidelines I’ve developed for writers giving feedback….
WRITING LIFE: Questions that Recentered My Writing Joy by Elizabeth Reed
I’m a musician, but writing has been a side passion since childhood.
INTERVIEW: Lizz Schumer, Author of Biography of a Body
I was drawn to lyrical, fragmented form of Lizz Schumer’s Biography of a Body …
