Danner Darcleight is a promising writer, a devoted friend, and a loving husband. He is also a convicted murderer…
REVIEW: Concrete Carnival by Danner Darcleight
Category: Articles
Review: Liberace’s Filipino Cousin by David Brubaker
At first, I was nervous to read David Brubaker’s Liberace’s Filipino Cousin…. I was nervous because of my own preconceptions…
Review: Writing Hard Stories by Melanie Brooks
… every time she sat down at a computer, the blank page and blinking cursor questioned her: “Why are you writing this story?”
Review — Empire of Cotton: A Global History by Sven Beckert
If you own a couch, a bed, jeans, shirts, t-shirts, towels, sheets, a handkerchief, or even a single pair of socks, then you are in direct contact with cotton.
The Writing Life: Does it Matter Where a Writer Lives? by Abby Norman
I’ve lived in Maine my entire life, save for the few years I spent in college in New York before I fell ill. I’m a proud New Englander now…
CRAFT: When Your Writing Becomes Too Formulaic by Carina Sitkus, Articles Editor
Our job as writers is to help the reader forget about the writing and get immersed in the story—and that’s exactly what happens when you have a solid structure in place.
Interview: Melanie Brooks, author of Writing Hard Stories
While a student in the Stonecoast MFA program, Melanie Brooks set out to write a memoir—a story that, once pen was put to paper, stirred up emotions, emotions she hadn’t realized would still be so painful.
REVIEW: Shackleton’s Heroes by Wilson McOrist
Sir Ernest Shackleton set out on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition to cross Antarctica in 1914. If you’re savvy to this sort of history, you’ll remember that he never made it.
REVIEW: Body Memory by Joel Peckham
While the cover of the book states: “Essays by Joel Peckham,” these are not the common essays you’d would expect.
REVIEW: Even When Trapped Behind Clouds by Patty Somlo
Patty Somlo was good at packing her sparse belongings in a box, moving to a different city, and beginning a whole new life. It wasn’t until she met her husband, Richard, that she began to question the true meaning of “home.”
