“Country” is a Southern California story and an American diaspora story – but ultimately it’s most deeply a women’s story.
Review: In the Country of Women by Susan Straight
Category: January-February 2020
Review: Stamford ’76 by JoeAnn Hart
The murder of Margo might seem like the beginning of a Law and Order episode at first glance…
Review: How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences by Sue William Silverman
I think it’s safe to say that Sue William Silverman thinks about death more than you or I…
WRITING LIFE: Learning to Trust My First Editor and Myself by Michelle Bowdler
… how to enter into a new, intimate (business) relationship stymied me.
Interview with Katie McDougall and Susannah Felts, Co-Founders of The Porch, Nashville’s Literary Center
I asked the founders to sit down and explain the who, what, why, and how of creating a literary center.
CRAFT: 15 Tips for Writing a Book Review by Sarah Boon
You may be wondering where to start when getting into book reviewing.
The Body by Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
The interior of the sanctuary is dark as I stand in my pew, head bowed. Plates of wafers and thimble-sized cups of grape juice pass between the rows.
Citrus Trees by Lucinda Cummings
A gray April morning, it snowed again yesterday, as it has every Thursday for the past four weeks.
Double Consciousness by Herb Harris
23andMe reports that 70% of my genome is of European origin, and 30% is of African origin.
Submerged by Elaine van der Geld
Four years after boys from my class held me underwater and wormed their fingers inside my swimsuit…
