July-August 2020 Edition is Live: An Overview of the Issue

We’re excited to share with you our July-August 2020 edition of Hippocampus Magazine. Here’s a sneak peek of everything you’ll find in this addition.

Creative Nonfiction

Day 1 of 1,000 by Jeanne Malmgren

And you suddenly get why adrenaline junkies chase this rush by Abby Alten Schwartz

The Great Wave by Lisa Thornton

Cold Ramen by S. N. Rodriguez

Illiterati by Luke Reiter

The Combover by Judy Harju Galliher

Behind the Microphone by Sue Fagalde Lick

The Toughest Texan by Brian Lee Knopp

Willy: One in Ten by Beth Ann Mathews

The Shape of Grief by Melanie Faranello

Things I Did In Our Tiny Alcove Of The Emergency Department While We Waited For The On-Call Psychiatrist To Assess Whether He Thought My Daughter Would Attempt Suicide Again If We Brought Her Home by Lina Herman

Ringing in the Rain by Callie Arnold Dinolfo

Articles Section

WRITING LIFE: Deadlines > Doors: Writing Can Happen Anywhere by Annabelle Tometich

CRAFT: Say “Yes, And”: How the Rules of Improvisation Can Make You a Better Writer

REVIEW: The Fine Art of Literary Fist-Fighting by Lee Gutkind.

INTERVIEW: Penny Guisinger, Author of Shift: A Memoir of Identity and Other Illusions

INTERVIEW: Suzanne Scanlon, Author of Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen

INTERVIEW: Steve Almond, Author of Truth is the Arrow, Mercy is the Bow: A DIY Manual for the Construction of Stories

INTERVIEW: Jessica J. Lee, Author of Dispersals: On Plants, Borders, and Belonging

INTERVIEW: Estelle Erasmus, Author of Writing That Gets Noticed

INTERVIEW: Mimi Zieman, Author of Tap Dancing on Everest : A Young Doctor’s Unlikely Adventure

We hope you enjoy this issue as much as we do! And, as always, you can read all of our archives by using the category navigation or above.