Written in ink, on a piece of lined paper, ripped out of a spiral notebook, folded seven times, tucked twice into itself, the way we all did in junior high….
A Note is Passed by Jodi Sh. Doff
Category: 2018 issues
The Paddle by Alan N. Yount
My father, in his construction worker dark blue pants and shirt, bends over the bandsaw, shaping a block of pine into a paddle….
WRITING LIFE: On Envy and Faith by Wendy Fontaine
Lately, scrolling through Facebook and Twitter makes me feel like a literary loser.
CRAFT: Let’s Get Graphic: A Look at the Visual Essay by Nicole Breit
…consider these ten “visual” approaches to writing short-form memoir.
Review: The Year of No Summer: A Reckoning by Rachel Lebowitz
This is not a collection of stories, essays or fairy tales, though it has elements of all three.
Review: The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman’s Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster by Sarah Krasnostein
Trauma Cleaner is part-memoir, part-biography, all character study.
Review: When We Were Ghouls by Amy E. Wallen
The slow, marked, deliberate pace of this memoir is a gift.
Body by Andrea Tate
“Body” is baby-blue hand-knit blanket. She is female. She is a member of the family just like the dog.
The Good Creche by Anne Moul
We were staunch Episcopalians, so church and nativity scenes were at the center of our celebration.
Swiss Army Knife by Mindy Haskins Rogers
Candy red, packed tight with stainless implements, it is a utilitarian masterpiece.
