Essay by Ellen Prentiss Campbell
I was nervous. Would she in some way feel that I had overstepped the bounds, appropriated her story?
Writer's Life
No Trespassing
Feb 06, 2017
My Postcards to a Dead Author
Dec 14, 2016
Essay by Kelcey Parker Ervick
I was the biographer of one woman, but I was also writing my own life.
Are Thoughts Things?
Nov 30, 2016
Theme Essay by Cynthia Rosi
Because our religion always marked us as oddities—the people who didn’t believe in doctors—my mother cringed at anything she thought was not socially normal.
Yes, I Signed Books at Costco
Nov 30, 2015
Essay by S. Lorraine Norwood
Oh, yeah. I forgot. I’m not in a cozy bookstore. I’m not even in Barnes & Noble.
The Land I’ll Never Own
Jun 03, 2015
Personal Essay by Peter H. Kahn, Jr.
Our lives need to go beyond looking. Life with nature needs to be meaningful.
A Guy in a Metal Suicide-Box
Oct 01, 2014
Book Excerpt by William Least Heat-Moon
On Shakespeare’s birthday I received my first rejection: 'Perhaps your travels seem interesting to you, but to others...'
Money Is Random
Sep 22, 2014
Theme Essay by Steve Adams
Money matters everywhere, but especially in New York.
So, Is Writing Therapy?
Sep 22, 2014
Essay by Elizabeth Marcus
Writing succeeded where the best professional help had failed.
"Let's Put on a Play!"
Apr 11, 2014
A Farewell Essay by Elizabeth Langosy
I know the friendships I’ve made in the TW community will stay with me.
The Sentence Thief
Mar 17, 2014
Essay by Christine Grimaldi
You'd think it would be easy to write a bad sentence—but that takes just as much work.
