We’re so excited to announce that we’re releasing a second quantity of Chosen Reminiscences in March. In 2026, Hippocampus Journal celebrates 15 years of publishing inventive nonfiction. Since our first concern, we’ve been proud to amplify so many voices, so many truths. These scores of writers — and lots of of non-public essays and flash…
The Brevity Weblog Wants All Palms on Deck January 9, 2026 § Readers of Brevity Journal and The Brevity Weblog – we wouldn’t be right here with out you! And we wish to be sure we’re a beneficial a part of your literary life. As you navigate the waters of your writing, studying and literary…
You could consider solely writers can “writer change.” It’s a must to be somebody who writes books that encourage and inspire folks to vary, be part of causes and actions, or take actions that change the world. However that’s not precisely true. Anybody can writer change—even you. There are individuals who don’t take into account…
Reviewed by Leslie Lindsay I’ve a portrait of my Appalachian great-grandmother on my desk. Her lengthy, graying hair is pulled again right into a bun. She wears glasses and a plaid blazer, additionally, a smirk. For years, I’ve puzzled what was behind that grin, tucked in these chiseled cheekbones, the identical ones that fashioned mine.…
By Deborah Jeanne Weitzman Audiobooks have exploded, and when my new e book launched, I questioned: why not mine? My writer doesn’t do audio, which meant it was as much as me. Ought to I rent a narrator or file it myself? Would I be adequate? Ought to I cobble collectively a house studio, or go totally…
Reviewed by Layla Khoury-Hanold In Famished: On Meals, Intercourse, and Rising Up as a Good Woman (Eerdmans; December 2025), writer Anna Rollins tees up one of the crucial highly effective reader takeaways within the guide’s preface: “When ladies labored to heal from physique disgrace, their relationship to faith was intricately concerned.” Rollins blends private narrative with…
Need Jerry as Your Mentor? Study Extra Memoir isn’t just a elaborate literary time period for an autobiography. I say that from the beginning, as a result of I so typically hear the phrases incorrectly interchanged. Your memoir might be autobiographical, after all, however it could possibly’t be about you. Confused but? Stick with…
By Lea Web page So, you write a e book. You conceive of an concept, otherwise you begin placing phrases down on paper with no concept in any respect, only a sense of urgency, of necessity. If you’re me, you scoff on the suggestion that you’re writing an precise e book till somebody asks you…
It’s laborious to imagine one other 12 months has come and gone. We love doing these annual round-ups, and we one way or the other missed this in 2024. However we’re again with our custom! We’re so pleased with the work our volunteer editorial and studying crew has achieved to supply six superb points and…