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The Trouble with Being an Entrepreneur

Sep 17, 2014

TW Column by Martha Nichols

While entrepreneurship works for high-tech startups, grafting it to what creative writers do is like sticking a brick on an apple tree.

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Mark Vonnegut: “Too Easy, Dad”

Jun 16, 2014

TW Interview by Martha Nichols

I think he stumbled on telling the truth to save his own life—and it worked.

About Memoir, Featured Interview, Illness | Read More

Why Going Crazy Isn't Just a Good Story

Jun 11, 2014

Theme Essay by Martha Nichols

Having a famous parent is a leg up to nowhere. It made sense to people that Kurt Vonnegut’s son would have mental health problems.

Book Reviews, Family Stories, Illness | Read More

Three Visits to His Abuelita

Jun 09, 2014

Essay by Patricia Dubrava

She looked dismayed. Maybe she’d never seen such a reaction to one of her cures.

Memoir, Family Stories, Travel | Read More

My Lost Stories

Jun 02, 2014

TW Column by Steven Lewis

It is only now that I have begun to understand just how bereft little Lillian must have felt at thirteen, a motherless child.

Family Stories, Yawping Wild | Read More