SHANNON DOWNEY IS THE founder of Badass Cross Stitch and Seriously Badass Women. An activist, artist, craftivist, community builder, and general instigator, her award-winning work can be found in … [Read more...] about The Role of Art in Troubling Times, with Author & Activist Shannon Downey
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How to Start a Writing Project? Write From a Point of Conflict, with Author Callan Wink
AUTHOR CALLAN WINK HAS been awarded fellowships by the National Endowment for the Arts and Stanford University, where he was a Wallace Stegner Fellow. His stories and essays have been published in The … [Read more...] about How to Start a Writing Project? Write From a Point of Conflict, with Author Callan Wink
How to Write Memoir When You Don’t Have it All Figured Out, with Jess Gutierrez
TOO MANY WRITERS BELIEVE that you must have it all figured out before you write memoir. Not so. But don't believe me. Listen to Jess Gutierrez, a former journalist who has earned several awards for … [Read more...] about How to Write Memoir When You Don’t Have it All Figured Out, with Jess Gutierrez
Differing Versions of a Family Tale? No Problem.
I TELL STORIES. That would be my sister's version of our tale, the suggestion being that she writes the truth. For me, even that distinction is a story. What to do when you have different versions of … [Read more...] about Differing Versions of a Family Tale? No Problem.
What Tone Should Memoir Take? In Praise of Humility in Memoir
SOMETIMES I CAN BE SUBTLE. And while no particular incident of that comes to mind right now, I maintain that I can be. Sometimes. I’m sure of it. Though never when teaching memoir writing, and so I … [Read more...] about What Tone Should Memoir Take? In Praise of Humility in Memoir
How Writers Figure Things Out, with Joan Wickersham
Joan Wickersham is the author of The News from Spain and The Suicide Index, the latter of which was a National Book Award finalist. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in magazines including Poetry, … [Read more...] about How Writers Figure Things Out, with Joan Wickersham
