“I remember my Dad telling my sister and me, ‘You are a double minority, black and a woman, you gotta be twice as good to get half as much.’”
INTERVIEW: Cija Jefferson, Author of Sonic Memories and Other Essays
Category: Articles
REVIEW: Black Man on the Titanic by Serge Bilé
The casual omission of Black people aboard the ill-fated ocean liner allows this book to offer a new perspective on historical Black figures…
REVIEW: From the Lake House by Kristen Rademacher
At first, Kristen is charmed by Jason’s stories of deer hunting and NASCAR, which she contrasts with her “preppy New England” schooling and love of Broadway
INTERVIEW: Miah Jeffra, Author of The Fabulous Ekphrastic Fantastic!
…what is truthful is that the way that you remember it is how you have been constructed, no matter how minutely or profound that was.
INTERVIEW: Melissa Valentine, Author of The Names of All the Flowers
This book saw me through active grief. It saw me through figuring out how to write. It saw me through finding my way into my story.
INTERVIEW: Davon Loeb, Author of The In-Betweens
As a poetry editor, one thing that I prefer is narrative poetry—don’t explain; show it.
INTERVIEW: Jason B. Rosenthal, Author of My Wife Said You Wanted to Marry Me: A Memoir
In March 2017, Jason’s wife, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, penned her final goodbye – an essay called “You May Want to Marry my Husband”.
WRITING LIFE: Sharpening My Focus by Michele Popadich
What will I see if I step closer to the heart of an essay?
CRAFT: Writing Up a Storm (How Severe Weather Alerts Improve My Prose) by Stephanie Hunt
From my desk I have the teeniest glimpse of Charleston Harbor, which means I’m a storm watcher, especially during hurricane season.
REVIEW: Mercy: A Memoir of Medical Trauma and True Crime Obsession
In stark prose, Trahan cuts to the core of her memories. “My mother had taught me by example to dread medicine,” she writes.
