“Closest to Raw Reality”: Gary Pedler on Memoir, Novel Writing, and a Lifetime of Journals

“I was aware that I was writing about myself as a gay man, while at the same time I knew this wasn’t a ‘gay travel book,’ whatever that might be.” Continue reading →

Cracking Open the Self: an Interview with Lisa Knopp

by Evelyn Somers

Lisa Knopp has been practicing and studying the craft of nonfiction writing since before she knew what an essay was. Knopp’s journey as a writer and teacher has paralleled the emergence of creative nonfiction as an abundant and prospering “fourth genre.” Continue reading →