Talking Writing Magazine

Author Talk: Jen Cross

Video Interview by Elizabeth McShane

Many sexual trauma survivors find themselves living a messy reality.

What Writing About Trauma Can Do

Book Excerpt by Jen Cross

An experience of trauma—either long-term or instantaneous—rocks us out of our familiar relationship with words.

My Favorite Misfit: Ursula K. Le Guin

Essay by Martha Nichols

Rather than walking the road back to my teenage obsession with science fiction, I’ve realized what I owe her as a journalist and teacher.

A World Without Bosses

Animations by Josep Serra and Xavier Hernández

I decided to change my way of life by doing what I really like to do—illustrations.

What Is It About Spring?

Animations by Josep Serra and Xavier Hernández

Everything that causes me to react inspires me.

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