Science memoir is an important sub-genre of memoir, and has a lot to offer readers.
CRAFT: The Scientific (Memoir) Method by Sarah Boon
CRAFT: Writing with Pictures by E.H. Jacobs
As a writer, I fancy myself a wordsmith, but visual and spatial abilities are areas in which I have never been skilled.
2025 Recap: A Reflection on a Year of CNF and Community
It’s hard to believe another year has come and gone. We love doing these annual round-ups, and we somehow missed this in 2024. But we’re back with our tradition! We’re so proud of the work our volunteer editorial and reading team has done to produce six amazing issues and lots of content in between. We’re…
Hippocampus Magazine Announces 2025 Pushcart Prize Nominees for Creative Nonfiction
Hippocampus Magazine is delighted to announce our six Pushcart Prize nominations for 2025, which include three essays and three flash essays.
Hippocampus Magazine Announces 2025 Best of the Net Nominees
Congratulations to our 2025 Best of the Net nominees.
WRITING LIFE: Writing With AI Without Losing My Voice by Heather Gemmen Wilson
This week’s writing frenzy started with a single line — a line that wasn’t mine.
REVIEW: Rehearsals for Dying: Digressions on Love and Cancer by Ariel Gore
One of the best aspects of Rehearsals for Dying is Ariel’s focus on expanding the reader’s understanding … of breast cancer itself.
REVIEW: Somebody is Walking on Your Grave: My Cemetery Journeys by Mariana Enriquez
Enriquez takes the reader on a wild and expansive tour across four continents featuring 21 cemeteries.
REVIEW: Queer Devotion: Spirituality Beyond the Binary in Myth, Story, and Practice by Charlie Claire Burgess
While it deals with historical representations of gods and goddesses, Queer Devotion also connects to modern day religions…
REVIEW: Song So Wild and Blue: A Life with the Music of Joni Mitchell by Paul Lisicky
Lisicky and Mitchell forge a life engulfed in appreciation for the power of language that aids in his newfound love of prose.
