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INTERVIEW: L.L. Kirchner, Author of Blissful ThinkingInterview by Lara Lillibridge About the Book: Blissful Thinking: A Memoir of Overcoming the Wellness Revolution is the sweeping story of...
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INTERVIEW: Liz Kinchen, Author of Light in Bandaged PlacesInterview by Lara Lillibridge Light in Bandaged Places: Healing in the Wake of Young Betrayal shows us the harm done when an older man...
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INTERVIEW: Melanie Brooks, Author of A Hard SilenceInterview by Lara Lillibridge Melanie Brooks is the author of Writing Hard Stories: Celebrated Memoirists Who Shaped Art from Trauma...
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INTERVIEW: Jennifer Lunden, Author of American BreakdownInterview by Katie Bannon I first “met” Jennifer Lunden, who goes by the name Lunden, in a Facebook group we both belong to called “Binder Full...
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INTERVIEW: Esther Bergdahl, Independent Fact-CheckerInterview by Lara Lillibridge In addition to interviewing memoirists and essayists, we occasionally feature profiles on other publishing...
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INTERVIEW: Maeve DuVally, Author of Maeve Rising: Coming Out Trans in Corporate AmericaInterview by Lara Lillibridge In Maeve Rising: Coming Out Trans in Corporate America DuVally pairs her struggles with alcoholism with her...
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REVIEW: Everything is Perfect: A Memoir by Kate NasonReviewed by Sandra Eliason It was a literary Catch 22. Kate Nason’s husband had an affair with someone so famous that publishers didn’t want...
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REVIEW: The Sound of Undoing: A Memoir in Essays by Paige TowersReviewed by Emily Webber The prologue of Paige Towers’ The Sound of Undoing: A Memoir in Essays (University of Nebraska Press 2023)...
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REVIEW: It’s Fun to Be a Person I Don’t Know by Chachi D. HauserReviewed by Layla Khoury-Hanold It’s Fun to Be a Person I Don’t Know (University of Nebraska Press; March 2023) is part of the...
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WRITING LIFE: Winks from the Universe by Linda Maria SteeleWhenever I am unsure about where to go next with my writing, I remember to always look for the signs or even ask the Magic 8 Ball. I keep a...
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INTERVIEW: Nicole Chung, Author of A Living RemedyInterview by Michèle Dawson Haber I encountered Nicole Chung for the first time in 2021 through an online writing series she participated in...
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We Live Here Now by Sarah Marty-SchlipfI am kneeling between rows of kale and carrots when a thin cry pierces the quiet of my garden. My dog emerges from the squash patch, a bunny...
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List of Interventions: Age 4-6 by Heidi StuberVitamins. Sensory Diet. More exercise. More hugs. Squeezy hugs. Pressing on the joints. Pulling on the limbs. Weighted blankets. Heavy work –...
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Why Deny the Obvious Child by Camille U. AdamsIn Trinidad, when my mother tells the story of why how she finally left her two-year-old baby, she regales, she relates, she details, she...
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My Mother’s Bath Time Story by Yuko Iida FrostIn the early evening, my mother and father packed soap and towels into their wooden buckets, we slipped on our winter jackets, and the three...
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I’m OK by Harrison ReedWhen the world shut down, we made Old Fashioneds. One part bourbon, one part simple syrup. A dash of bitters. Served over one of those huge...
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Seder Night by Sabena StarkOne of us was going to get smacked. My sister Susie and I knew it and were kicking each other under the table to keep from laughing because…...
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How Does the Heart Function? by Paula Kupchak HallThe gymnasium buzzes. The room is filled with rows of tables, each with a brightly decorated cardboard trifold backdrop on top. Some tables...
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Picardo Pilgrimage by Adrienne Ross ScanlanI walk past a playfield, past a private school, down a footrail bordered by bamboo and Himalayan blackberry, and into an inconsequential two...
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It’s Not Hospice by Jeffrey G. MossThe hissing from the cannula. The murmuring and gurgling of the portable dialysis machine. The high-pitched beeping from the apparatus...
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REVIEW: Fat Off, Fat On: A Big Bitch Manifesto by Clarkisha KentReviewed by Sarah Evans Clarkisha Kent is a lot of things: bi, Black, fat, female, disabled. But there’s one thing she’s definitely not: quiet...
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REVIEW: Without Saints: Essays by Christopher LockeReviewed by Brian Watson From the beginning of Without Saints (Black Lawrence Press; Oct. 2022), I thought I knew the journey these little...
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REVIEW: If This Were Fiction: A Love Story In Essays by Jill ChristmanReviewed by Angela L. Eckhart We get to wear crop-tops and tight jeans with a ribbon of lace for a belt and high-heeled boots. We get to check...
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INTERVIEW: Joshua James Amberson, Author of Staring Contest: Essays About EyesInterview by Lillie Gardner Portland-based writer Joshua James Amberson was diagnosed with pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE), a genetic condition...
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INTERVIEW: Kelly McMasters, Author of The Leaving Season: A Memoir in EssaysInterview by Nicole Graev Lipson Aspiring authors are often advised to come up with a good “elevator pitch” for their book, a punchy...
