“I was aware that I was writing about myself as a gay man, while at the same time I knew this wasn’t a ‘gay travel book,’ whatever that might be.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Nonfiction
4 Women, One Continuous Story: The Slow Bloom of Suite for Barbara Loden
by Maddie King
“Alma is Wanda is Barbara is Nathalie is… arguably, the story that ties these women together has had a slow bloom. Through mediums, languages, spaces, it has refracted.” Continue reading
Authors / Features / Interviews / Nonfiction
Cracking Open the Self: an Interview with Lisa Knopp
by Evelyn Somers
Lisa Knopp has been practicing and studying the craft of nonfiction writing since before she knew what an essay was. Knopp’s journey as a writer and teacher has paralleled the emergence of creative nonfiction as an abundant and prospering “fourth genre.” Continue reading
Features / Fiction / Interviews / Nonfiction / Poetry / Translations
You Will Find Me Upriver: Dissent and Translation–Q&A with Cristina Rivera Garza
by Maddie King
“Instead of thinking of translation as a smooth transition or a harmonious process, I am interested in how translation brings up dissent, discordance, deviation, contention.” Continue reading
Fiction / Interviews / Nonfiction / Poetry
Tarot, Astrology & Storytelling: A Conversation with Chaya Babu & Swati Khurana
by Jen Lue
“I’m interested in the idea of who gets to be well and whose way of existing and perceiving gets to be labeled as ‘well’ . . . As a woman of color you grow up experiencing things at the same that you’re being told, ‘This isn’t happening to you.'” Continue reading
“I Became an Actress at Thirty-Nine,” by Jill Kargman, from On Being 40(ish)
by Jill Kargman
We become balsamic reductions as we age—our very best parts distilled and clarified. Which is why they make needlepoint pillows that say aging is great like wine or cheese—and not like bananas, but that’s besides the point. Continue reading
The Personal is Political: Karyn Kloumann, Nauset Press, and Fierce
by Lisa Peet
“It is also a process where you learn something about yourself and make sense of the current events manifesting around you as part of a larger cycle of life. I also believe it makes a more engaging read…if there is a personal voice as well.” Continue reading
