By J.M. Birmingham No tidy bow, no grand reveal, no circling again to the theme. No rigorously positioned takeaway to reward the reader for making it to the tip. Simply… the writing. Unresolved, standing by itself benefit. Tasked not too long ago with a detailed studying of three private essays by genre-defining authors, I made…
Interviewed by Leslie Lindsay I’ve no heirlooms of my grandmother’s. Nothing even, of my mom’s. The one factor I’ve of my great-grandmother’s is a black and white photograph of a ruinous nation retailer that I took myself when visiting Kentucky and had blown up. It’s an odd dimension so I haven’t discovered a correct body.…
By Allison Okay Williams I’m writing an essay. Or a brief story. Or a full-blown ebook. I actually need to publish that factor…however is anybody going to take an opportunity on me? I’m so completely happy I acquired that factor printed! Do I’ve to inform folks to learn it? As writers, we are likely to…
January 30, 2026 In honor of the shortest month of the 12 months which incorporates the loving-est day of the 12 months, we’re holding our third annual We Love Quick Shorts Contest for Flash Artistic Nonfiction! All through the month of February, we’re inviting flash nonfiction writers to submit quick essays (aka flash CNF; aka…
By Beth Kephart Many years in the past, in my first writing workshop, a author amongst us in that previous stone constructing on that hilltop in Spoleto responded to just about each immediate with an inventory. Lists about love. Lists about flowers. Lists containing the seed of a narrative. They had been at all times…
Interviewed by Vicki Mayk I started following Kerry Neville on Fb greater than a decade in the past when she took a solo journey to Morocco, saying it was the beginning of her reclaimed life. Since then, her social media posts have allowed us to journey together with her to Georgia, the place she’s now…