REVIEW: All Things Edible, Random and Odd: Essays on Grief, Love & Food by Sheila Squillante December 11, 2023 Food is the narrative thread used to make sense of grief, past relationships and family in this lyrical collection. Read the full story →
REVIEW: Awakenings: Stories of Body & Consciousness edited by Diane Gottlieb December 11, 2023 The voice of the body and the need to listen to it runs through this essay collection. Read the full story →
REVIEW: Small Off Things: Meditations from an Anxious Mind by Suzanne Farrell Smith May 16, 2023 In lyrical prose, the collection of brief essays examines subjects both commonplace and profound. Read the full story →
REVIEW: The Wandering Womb: Essays in Search of Home by S.L. Wisenberg April 10, 2023 A writer’s writer explores identity and what it means to be a woman in an essay collection that is funny, dark, and heartbreaking. Read the full story →
REVIEW: Writing While Parenting by Ben Berman March 20, 2023 The challenges of maintaining a writing life while parenting are the focus of an essay collection that also is a meditation on the writing craft. Read the full story →
REVIEW: Drawing Breath: Essays on Writing, the Body, and Loss by Gayle Brandeis February 15, 2023 Essays exploring life’s losses, transformations and the challenges of being a memoirist comprise a graceful and lyrical collection. Read the full story →
REVIEW: Curing Season: Artifacts by Kristine Langley Mahler October 10, 2022 The experimental memoir combines research, reflections on belonging, and a variety of essay forms in the author’s exploration of her past. Read the full story →
REVIEW: The Fact of Memory: 114 Ruminations and Fabrications by Aaron Angello October 10, 2022 Each of the words in Shakespeare’s Sonnet 29 becomes a prompt for the entries in this collection of short prose pieces. Read the full story →
REVIEW: Under My Bed and Other Essays by Jody Keisner September 7, 2022 The nuances of life’s subtle and private forms of fear are masterfully explored in the essay collection. Read the full story →
REVIEW: Writing While Masked: Reflections on 2020 and Beyond August 10, 2022 In Writing While Masked: Reflections on 2020 and Beyond a group of writers from Washington document their experiences in essays, prose, and poetry. Read the full story →