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From Ross Howell for Mother’s Day
Wash Day By Ross Howell Ross followed a career in academic fundraising, public relations, book publishing, and marketing after receiving his MFA at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He’s now freelancing non-fiction and fiction, and teaching at Elon University. He lives in Greensboro, NC, with his wife, Mary Leigh, English cocker spaniel diva, Pinot, and rescued pit [...]
Excerpt from Phil Duncan’s YA Novel
Phil Duncan is a graduate of Goddard College’s MFA in Creative Writing program and the University of Washington’s English program. He is a former Jacob K. Javits Fellow and recently served as a Creator-in-Residence at the Tokyo Wonder Site — Aoyama in Tokyo, Japan. His short fiction has been published both in print and online. [...]
The Failure Memoir
An Inevitable New Subgenre? By Eric Olsen You may recall a recent post about 20 depressing reads, the idea being that nothing lifts the spirits quite like reading about someone else’s misery. Martin Chilton, the British chap who compiled the list of depressing reads, describes the books on his list as “…a sort of literary [...]
On Creative Nonfiction
Of Elephants and CNF By Geri Lipschultz In her recent post on what she wishes she’d known upon leaving The Writers’ Workshop, Geri alluded to a genre she’s come to admire and respect tremendously. This is an elaboration. CNF, the affectionate term for Creative Nonfiction, which Robin Bourjaily—the first person I knew to have gotten [...]
The Passover Brisket Redux
Some posts are too good to relegate to archives; this piece of seasonal levity is one of them. Meat As Muse by Jeffrey Abrahams As you read this, the beef brisket wars are simmering all over the United States. It’s all part of the annual ritual surrounding the celebration of Passover. At no [...]
Excerpt from Liz Stephens’ New Memoir
Liz Stephens holds a PhD in creative nonfiction. A winner of the Western Literature Association’s Frederick Manfred Award and a finalist for the Annie Dillard Creative Nonfiction Award, her work has appeared in Fourth Genre, Brevity, Western American Literature, and South Dakota Review. The following excerpts are from The Days Are Gods by Liz Stephens by permission [...]
20 Depressing Reads
For Your Enjoyment by Eric Olsen Do you ever find yourself feeling a little too happy? Maybe the threat of sequestration, or the prime-time news, or John Boehner haven’t gotten to you? Hey, not to worry. In the books section of the February 21 edition of The Telegraph, out of England, there’s an article by [...]
Excerpt from Matthew Salesses’ New Novel
Matthew Salesses is fiction editor and a columnist for the Good Men Project. He has written three other books, and placed stories in scores of publications including Glimmer Train, Witness, Pleiades, American Short Fiction, and The Literary Review. His nonfiction has appeared in the Good Men Project, The Rumpus, and KoreAm among others, and he [...]
Fred Setterberg Video
Fred Setterberg’s “true-life novel” Lunch Bucket Paradise was shortlisted for the 2012 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. There’s a reason for that. Actually, a whole slew of them. Here’s Fred on how reading saved his narrator’s father’s life. <<>> What does reading mean to you?
Excerpt from Nichole Bernier’s Novel: Part 2
This is the second of two excerpts comprising the first chapter of Nichole’s debut novel. The following is reprinted from the book The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D. by Nichole Bernier. Copyright © 2012 by Nichole Bernier. Published by The Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc. The roadside clutter thinned near the Connecticut [...]
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