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In Conversation

Economic Violence

on being skipped over or paraded in front of a crowd My saddest story is not the story of growing up in foster care, or..

Flotsam

Sushi and Bark Canoes: An Artist’s Guide to Sustained Inspiration

A writer, aspiring or otherwise, needs upwards of two sources of inspiration. A mid-career writer needs those sources too, even if they are the same two..

Flotsam

Interview with Sarah Einstein

Sarah Einstein—author of Mot: A Memoir, winner of the 2014 AWP Prize in Creative Nonfiction—is working on her second book, a research-heavy memoir that defies..

Craft

Harold and the Purple Prompt

Remember the book, Harold and the Purple Crayon? Imagine that the blank page or screen is a white wall. No windows, doors, not even a..

Essay

You Want Two Tickets to the Gun Show

So, you want to attend a gun show, but you’ve never actually been around a gun before. I get it—I’ve been there—you’re a well-meaning peacenik..

Flotsam

If I Could Ramble

I came to nonfiction late in my writing life. It was always something others were doing, something I wasn’t able to do myself. Writing an..

Interview

Interview with Sarah Shotland

Sarah Shotland’s “On Visiting Prison Again,” won Proximity’s 2016 Personal Essay Prize. When selected, Judge Paul Lisicky described the essay as follows: “This is a piece by..