by Shoba Viswanathan
“You should write about what you don’t know about what you know. So yes I gave my Mother character a few of my things, as a place to start. I needed to start from a place of familiarity to explore the unknown. ”
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By Cara Dempsey
Even when they are loving and well-meaning, parents are misguided. They don’t “get it”. Continue reading
by Susan Sechrist
“I was interested in exploring how one’s relationship with Judaism can change over time; what’s viewed as a burden can become an asset or even a longing.” Continue reading
by Kaulie Lewis
The “plucky, nonconformist, self-determined and self-realized person” who embodies a particular American ideal could also be a description of Iceberg Slim, a career pimp who turned to writing during the political turmoil of the 1960s. Continue reading
We interviewed relatives…. The discussions were lively; people disagreed about what had happened in the past. My great-grandfather had been murdered in Russia. My great uncle, a man in his late 60s, described the murder to us and as he did, he cried. That moment stayed with me. Continue reading
The hardest time to write is around two in the morning, when it might still be reasonable to turn in. Your throat starts to hurt; you’re sure you’re getting sick; your head feels like a sponge. . . . After 2:30 or so—well, there’s something that happens when it’s late enough. Continue reading
“I write. It’s an action, not an identity. For me, writing has always been the way I’ve come to know my own mind, feeling through the sounds of words to the forms they make, and from those forms to the life beyond them.” Continue reading
