I always think with a poem, if I knew where it was going, it wouldn’t be a good poem.
INTERVIEW: Jesse Lee Kercheval, Author of French Girl
Category: Articles
REVIEW: American Boomer by Steven Fisher
Steve Fisher is a reliable narrator, full of honesty.
CRAFT: 6 Questions for Authors on the Path to Publication by Angel R. Ackerman
Now that I’m on the other side of the desk, I encourage you to ask these questions before you submit your work to a publisher….
INTERVIEW: Jonathan Corcoran, Author of No Son of Mine: A Memoir
Jonathan Corcoran, born and raised in rural West Virginia, writes about the messy estrangement from his mother in No Son of Mine: A Memoir.
REVIEW: The Trauma Mantras: A Memoir in Prose Poems by Adrie Kusserow
It’s a gift to learn from others’ disciplines—and discipline—from their careful, thoughtful study and observation.
REVIEW: Fungal: Foraging in the Urban Forest by Ariel Gordon
[Ariel] Gordon creates an intimacy with the reader that makes us sit up and take notice…”
REVIEW: Hell Gate Bridge: A Memoir of Motherhood, Madness, and Hope by Barrie Miskin
Hell Gate Bridge is an apt metaphor. Miskin’s symptoms were many, severe, and disorienting.
INTERVIEW: Ellen van Neerven, Author of Personal Score: Sport, Culture, Identity
The collection invites readers to better understand and imagine queer and First Nations experiences in Australia, where Ellen van Neervan lives.
CRAFT: On Writing Trauma in Creative Nonfiction by Travis Harman
I mined my brain, every crevice, searching for parts of me that only I knew.
WRITING LIFE: Get Thee to a Writer’s Conference: How Attending Both Did and Did Not Change My Life by Lori D’Angelo
Like many new MFA grads, I had a lot of questions.
