Podcast Interview by Neva Talladen
I’m writing for myself first and foremost; I am the beneficiary of that.
About Memoir
Author Talk: Nicki Pappas
Jun 14, 2023
Author Talk: Sarah Fay
Oct 17, 2022
Podcast Interview with Martha Nichols
A conversation about Fay's "Pathological" memoir and mental-health misdiagnoses (yes, plural).
Talking Flash Nonfiction with Brevity
Nov 16, 2020
Interview by Dinty W. Moore
The flash form often invites me to use what I call a communal or a collective voice.
Remembering Michael Steinberg (1940–2019)
Dec 19, 2019
Essay by Martha Nichols
He loved self-reflection—the way memory, personal changes over time, and reality can come together to conjure a place far beyond documentation.
William Least Heat-Moon: "Damnable Speed"
Dec 10, 2014
TW Interview by David Biddle
It’s toxically lethal for writers to perceive themselves as geniuses able to dash off greatness.
So, Is Writing Therapy?
Sep 22, 2014
Essay by Elizabeth Marcus
Writing succeeded where the best professional help had failed.
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.
The Random Facts of Life
May 05, 2014
Editor's Note by Martha Nichols
The intensity and obtuseness of family bonds is a mystery few of us tire of.
I Hear the Woods Beating
May 27, 2013
Theme Essay by Theresa Williams
Nature writing isn’t just recording what you see, hear, and feel.
My Inner Nature
Apr 15, 2013
Editor’s Note by Martha Nichols
I bristle at the notion that creative people feel the deepest connections to nature.
