In The Boat Not Taken, the author deftly, honestly, and vividly pieces together the known facts of her widowed mother’s life….
REVIEW: The Boat Not Taken: A North Korean Daughter and Her Mother’s Story by Joanna Choi Kalbus
Category: Issues
INTERVIEW: Sarah Boon, Author of Meltdown: The Making and Breaking of a Field Scientist
To do her work, Boon must battle the threats of polar bears and patriarchal systems alike.
INTERVIEW: Jennifer Crystal, Author of One Tick Stopped the Clock
One Tick Stopped the Clock by Jennifer Crystal chronicles her struggle with Lyme and other tick-borne diseases.
WRITING LIFE: Fit Submitting into Your Writing Life (Without Totally Losing It) by Benjamin Davis
Submitting to lit mags is, you might say, the absolute worst.
CRAFT: Turning Your Story into Art by Anne Gudger
My first draft/not draft of my memoir was pretty much me typing up my journals….
Lightly buttered toasts, with strawberry jam by Andrea Lius
I turned on my side when I heard the gentle flick of the light switch.
The Weight of Wood by Alexa Livingston
There used to be a fireplace in the living room of what had become just my dad’s house…
There There by Sonja Larsen
There there, my father says to the crying baby he is rocking in his arms…
Long Morning by Diana Toubassi
Hyperemesis gravidarum. It had received only passing mention in medical school.
Glossary of Inversions by A.N. Weissman
When I was three, I cut my hair with safety scissors just to hear the sound of the blade.
