I use every inch of my house as a new muse.
WRITING LIFE: On Staying Put and Finding Inspiration Within by Sherell Barbee
Category: July-August 2020
CRAFT: Writing to Heal – A Primer by Yolande House
Describe a traumatic incident cinematically, as if it were playing out as a movie.
INTERVIEW: Robyn Ryle, Author of Throw Like a Girl, Cheer Like a Boy
“If you’re born into contemporary American culture, though it’s changing a lot, the idea that there are only two genders is very much there.”
INTERVIEW: Cija Jefferson, Author of Sonic Memories and Other Essays
“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.’”
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
The Crush by Zsofia McMullin
I take the Turnpike heading south this morning instead of my usual route… I am not entirely lost but not entirely sure of where I am going either.
Me Llamo Theresa by Theresa Okokon
On the inside of my right ankle sits the lowercase letter “t.” It’s not often visible, but every once in a while it will provoke a comment.
Sometimes We Forget by Nicola Sebastian
He kneads my belly like he does every night. He thinks you’re his mama, you tell me, your face a pixelated screen from sixteen hours away.
To the Miami University Payroll Lady by Frenci Nguyen
You might not remember me, but I’m the dark-haired, Texas-born, Asian-American graduate student who visited the Payroll Office the other day…
