I sat down via the internet with Raechel Anne Jolie, author of debut memoir Rust Belt Femme to discuss mothers, writing, and politics.
Interview: Raechel Anne Jolie, Author of Rust Belt Femme
Category: Articles
WRITING LIFE: Writers Anonymous by Michael Sinert
I’m feeling super productive and totally worthless…
CRAFT: Writing The Body by Nicole Breit
Is it any wonder, given the amount of time we spend in the space between our ears that writing can feel a bit, well, disembodied at times?
Review: Chase Darkness with Me by Billy Jensen
Jensen’s epiphany about using targeted social media ads came while battling insomnia…
Review: The Memory Sessions by Suzanne Farrell Smith
How does the writer fashion a memoir in the absence of life experiences recalled?
Review: The Virgin of Prince Street by Sonja Livingston
…in search of comfort and perhaps a few answers to the quandaries of midlife, Livingston returns to her childhood church of Corpus Christi…
Review: Meander Belt: Family, Loss, and Coming of Age in the Working-Class South by M. Randal O’Wain
Uniting a storyline from a collection of disparate essays using the chronology of memoir requires a combination of artful talent and a confident pluck with narrative craft.
Review: Children of the Land by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
Castillo first crossed the border with his family when he was five years old. Just before leaving Mexico, he went temporarily blind…
Review: In the Country of Women by Susan Straight
“Country” is a Southern California story and an American diaspora story – but ultimately it’s most deeply a women’s story.
Review: Stamford ’76 by JoeAnn Hart
The murder of Margo might seem like the beginning of a Law and Order episode at first glance…
