There are those people who know how to write about home, and then there is William Kennedy, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, a MacArthur Genius grant, and pretty much everything but the Heisman trophy, … [Read more...] about How To Write About Home, With William Kennedy
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How to Find Your Writing Voice
WHEN MY HUSBAND asked me to marry him, now so many years ago, he did not offer me a diamond ring. Nor did he offer me a ruby, emerald or any other precious or semi-precious stone fixed in a band. What … [Read more...] about How to Find Your Writing Voice
Best Practices for Writing, With David Leite and Marion Roach Smith
What are the best practices for writing? That will always depend on who you ask, of course. When David Leite and I asked one another for our best practices for writing, out came a list wrapped in some … [Read more...] about Best Practices for Writing, With David Leite and Marion Roach Smith
How to Write About Grief, With Jill Smolowe
Jill Smolowe knows how to write about many things. She spent 30 years as a foreign affairs writer for Time and Newsweek and a senior writer for People. Her articles have appeared in the Washington … [Read more...] about How to Write About Grief, With Jill Smolowe
When To Stop Researching and Start Writing, With Julia Flynn Siler
Writer Julia Flynn Siler is the author of two bestselling non-fiction books. Her third book, White Devil's Daughters, The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco's Chinatown, is just out. A … [Read more...] about When To Stop Researching and Start Writing, With Julia Flynn Siler
Writing About Our Mothers, With Elissa Altman
Of all the topics that haunt memoir writers, writing about our mothers is on the top of the list. Holy, wholly hard, a holy terror and everything in between, our family of origin is as elusive as it … [Read more...] about Writing About Our Mothers, With Elissa Altman
