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INTERVIEW: Meg Kissinger, Author of White You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of SilenceInterview by Leslie Lindsay A razor-sharp tale of one American family ravaged by the devastating effects of mental illness, alcoholism, and...
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INTERVIEW: Kathryn K. Abdul-Baki, Author of Dancing Into the Light: An Arab-American Girlhood in the Middle EastInterview By Hillary Moses Mohaupt Kathryn K. Abdul-Baki spent her childhood in Iran, Kuwait, Beirut, Honolulu, and Jerusalem, thanks to her...
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REVIEW: incurable optimist: living with illness and chronic hope by Jennifer Cramer-MillerReviewed by Rachael J. Hughes What would you do if you were 22 years old and heard the word “incurable?” Fresh out of college, with a good...
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REVIEW: Love in the Archives by Eileen Vorbach Collins: a patchwork of true stories of suicide lossThe memoir in essays is a heartbreaking chronicle of a teenage daughter's death by suicide. Well, the problem with Eileen Vorbach Collins’...
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WRITING LIFE: One Letter at a Time by Vanessa StirlingBefore my elementary-aged son’s diagnosis of dyslexia, I would coach him word by word, second by second, through a battleground of writing...
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going to iowa by Christine FugateThere are two types of people who ride the train at three in the morning. People who need a place to pass the time out of the cold, perhaps to...
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The Chronology of My Body by Josie KochendorferWhen I am four years old, my mother points to her apron belly, riddled with deep set stretchmarks, and says to me, this is what you did to my...
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Down to the Valley by Molly BoltonElsie was sitting on a blue cooler of backup beers, eating spinach salad left over from the guests’ first course, when she said, “I can’t...
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WRITING LIFE: Book Midwifery by Diane ZinnaFor the past three years, I’ve been a developmental editor for memoirs and novels. A client-friend has taken to calling me her book’s “midwife.” I...
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INTERVIEW: Mary Helen Stefaniak, Author of The Six-Minute MemoirInterview by Hillary Moses Mohaupt Mary Helen Stefaniak is a novelist, essayist, and writing teacher. A native of Milwaukee, Mary Helen now...
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INTERVIEW: Ann Batchelder, Author of Craving SpringInterview by Morgan Baker When I met Ann Batchelder and heard about her book, I was instantly interested. Once I started turning its pages and...
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REVIEW: Disequilibria: Meditations on Missingness by Robert LundayReviewed by Diane Gottlieb I’ve often thought about the word “closure” when used in conjunction with loss. Closure. It’s a nice, convenient...
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REVIEW: Touched Out by Amanda MonteiReviewed by Layla Khoury-Hanold On paper, the themes of motherhood, misogyny, consent, and control don’t seem totally related. But those four...
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REVIEW: Night Mother: A Personal and Cultural History of The Exorcist by Marlena WilliamsReviewed by Brian Fanelli Fifty years after its release and after the recent passing of its director, William Friedkin, The Exorcist still...
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REVIEW & INTERVIEW: The Loneliness Files by Athena DixonBy Anri Wheeler [This double-feature is a collaboration between our reviews and interviews teams.] Athena Dixon’s memoir in essays, The...
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INTERVIEW: Lilly Dancyger, Writer, Editor, TeacherInterview by Lara Lillibridge Lilly Dancyger is the author of Negative Space (2021), a reported and illustrated memoir selected by Carmen...
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INTERVIEW: Lamya H, Author of Hijab Butch BluesInterview by Lara Lillibridge When fourteen-year-old Lamya H realizes she has a crush on her teacher—her female teacher—she covers up her...
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New Event Series Launches: Readings, Craft Talks & MoreHippoCamp: A Conference for Creative Nonfiction may be on hiatus (aiming for a 2025 return), but the team at Hippocampus Magazine is still...
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Decomposition by Sara MannThe night before my mother died, I sat on a stool beside her bed writing the artist statement for her last show. It was to be called Let’s...
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Flinch by Sonja LivingstonThe point was to hide your fear. Feel afraid but don’t flinch. That’s what the game was called. Flinch. And something about it—maybe...
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Cats Gymnastics by Brittany AckermanNo one had ever had a birthday party like mine. I was allowed to invite ten girls from my fifth-grade class to an overnight party at Cats...
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St. Anthony’s Mistake by Olivia Flaherty-LovyLast fall, I learned my mother had stopped praying. It was raining, the type of rain that streaked down the front windshield of the car...
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Antennae Twitching with Precision by Remi RecchiaBright lights girl-not-girl examined by nurse in clean clean clean . Looking for cuts, looking for bruises, looking for something unseen. *...
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The Ponytail by Wendy Besel HahnAlone in the backseat, I studied my three-year-old sister’s golden-brown ringlets as she rode on Mom’s lap. Adults always complimented Amy’s...
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How to Treat Migraines with Acupuncture by Jennifer Gallo GaitesImagine you are a pincushion. A soft landing spot. A tufted gathering place for sharp objects. Like the felt tomato pincushion that your...
