Category: Flotsam

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Writer-Teacher, Teacher-Writer? A Reflection from the Creative Nonfiction Classroom

Many writers earn their living doing something that isn’t writing. We have jobs that are writing-adjacent or that otherwise make use of our skills and..
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Daily Photographs

On a slower pace, writing, and realizing what time brings.
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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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How Many Rejections Does It Take To Get Published?

They said, “Ten percent of submissions get published.” I heard, “Nine out of every ten submissions gets rejected.” So, I decided I’d get one hundred..
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That One Time A Writer Signed All My Books

How Andi Stout found a literary community and how it makes her a better writer: An Essay on Literary Citizenship.
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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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How Gender Affects This Bookseller’s Holiday Gift Recommendations

            MARGARET GRACE MYERS is a bookseller and book reader from Maine, currently living in Brooklyn. She has an MFA..
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Dead Girls Deserve Obituaries, Not Exploitation

On October 14th, the Sunday edition of the New York Times ran two articles on dead women. One was a special section inserted into the..
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An Interview with Lisa Romeo

After I googled Lisa Romeo—writer, essayist, writing coach, ghost writer, editor for two literary journals, MFA thesis director for Bay Path University, adjunct professor for..