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Writer’s Craft Corner: Jocelyn Jane Cox

“What Is Your Sauce Policy? On Literary Devices and Craft Choices in Quiet Memoir,” appeared in the November 6, 2026 issue of true. We know..
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Writer’s Craft Corner: Wendy M. Thompson

“Writing Against: Training, Genre, and Poetic Interference,” appeared in the October 9, 2026 issue of true. What inspired you to interrogate the primary question of..
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2025 Nonfiction Round Up

Last year, true’s editors and contributors offered up their favorite nonfiction books, articles, and podcasts consumed in 2024. We’re back with a fresh list of..
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Announcing the 2024 Proximity Prize in Personal Essay

We are thrilled to announce the winners of our 2024 Proximity Prize in Personal Essay. Daniel M. Lavery was the judge, and he told us,..
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2024 Nonfiction Round Up

Here's what our contributors and editors loved in 2024 and what they're excited for in 2025.
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2024 Proximity Prize Issue | Theme: TRANSPLANT

The 2025 Proximity Prize Issue is here! Submit something! We’re pleased to announce: The 2025 Proximity Literary Journalism Prize and Personal Essay Prize with the..
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Nonfiction Round Up

From books to articles to podcasts, here's what the editors of true. enjoyed in 2023!
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true is Back

Please allow us to re-introduce true, a home for essays and writing on the craft of nonfiction in its many forms, as well as reviews, interviews, and criticism.
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True’s Top Reads of 2018

As we step into the new year, we’d like to not only alert you to Proximity‘s next issue, themed The Body, due out in January—within..
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2018 Proximity Essay Prize — announcement

We’re thrilled to announce: Hanif Abdurraqib is the 2018 Proximity Essay Prize Judge. Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio...