Remember when I was nine, when I wrote that atrocious four-page story, and you read it and told me it was beautiful?
Dear Granny by Elizabeth Syson
Category: August 2015
CRAFT: It Takes A Social Network by Donna Steiner
There comes a time in every writer’s life when she believes she has no ideas and a deadline approaches and panic hovers at the periphery.
Review: Recapitulations by Vincent Crapanzano
Vincent Crapanzano grew up in the 1940s on the grounds of a psychiatric institution where his father worked as a resident physician.
Review: The Ghosts Who Travel With Me: A Literary Pilgrimage Through Brautigan’s America by Allison Green
Allison Green’s memoir begins on the road in Idaho, where she and her partner Arline are following in the tire tracks of Richard Brautigan…
Review: Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget by Sarah Hepola
“How did we get home last night? Do you have any idea what happened to my jeans? Why is there a corn dog in my bed?”
Interview: Kevin Oderman, author of Cannot Stay: Essays on Travel
Kevin Oderman had recently returned from Italy when I interviewed him for Hippocampus – an appropriate segue to discussing his recently released book Cannot Stay: Essays on Travel.
The Writing Life: A Conference Junkie Discovers Another Option in ASJA By Donna Talarico
Anyone who knows me, knows I love learning. Outside of earning other degrees, taking non-credit courses, or attending writing workshops, one of the best methods of professional development is attending industry conferences. From 2010 to 2015, while I worked in higher education, I attended more than 20 conferences – and had a speaking role at…
Interview: A Conversation with Lisa Carver, author of 25 Lives
One of the many startling things about writer and performer Lisa Carver is her willingness to speak candidly with total strangers who fixate on her from afar.
