A life-long love of books and her personal connections to specific works are explored by a master essayist.
REVIEW: Big Reader: Essays by Susan Olding
Category: Articles
REVIEW: An Encyclopedia of Bending Time by Kristin Keane
Writer Kristin Keane daringly bends the boundaries of form and craft in a book exploring the loss of her mother.
INTERVIEW: Claudia Putnam, Winner of Split/Lip’s Creative Nonfiction Chapbook Contest
Double Negative by Claudia Putnam is the winner of Split/Lip’s 2021 Nonfiction/Hybrid Chapbook Contest.
INTERVIEW: Steph Auteri and Ronna Russell: How To Write About Sexual Intimacy Without Making Your Reader Cringe….
I still had questions about how to approach sex in memoir, so I asked them to have a conversation about it with me.
On Liberation: A Conversation with Rachel Krantz, Author of Open: An Uncensored Memoir of Love, Liberation, and Non-Monogamy
From the first pages, Rachel Krantz’s Open, An Uncensored Memoir of Love, Liberation, and Non-Monogamy grabs the reader by the throat.
CRAFT: Of Fragments and Segments by Heidi Czerwiec
Essays that use a lot of white space are often described as fragmented. But Robert Root uses the term “segmented essay”….
WRITING LIFE: Writing Has Made Me a More Resilient Musician by Robert Herbst
I wait backstage, and I stare down aloneness like a wild animal…
Interview: Mary Laura Philpott, Author of Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives
I think you have to define what home feels like to you, and then pursue activities that give you that feeling.
Interview: Andrea Thatcher, Publicity Manager at Smith Publicity
I’ve always wanted to work with books and publishing… I also didn’t realize that you could do this outside of New York City.
REVIEW: Knocked Down: A High-Risk Memoir by Aileen Weintraub
A high-risk pregnancy inspires suspense and laughter in a memoir chronicling a farmhouse rehab, marital challenges and 38 weeks of bed rest.
