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The Odyssey of Recollection; or, What a Vampire Can Teach Us about the Craft of Memoir

You wouldn’t expect a show centered on undead, blood-drinking, immortal creatures of the night to be the perfect model for how to write personal narrative,..

Craft in Conversation: Talking Femininity, Fragments, Frankness, and Form with Amy Berkowitz

Amy Berkowitz asks us what it means to be poetic. In her memoir Tender Points (Nightboat Books, 2019), they take the reader through a series..

Craft in Conversation: Melanie Hall Interviews Sarah Minor

Sarah Minor is breaking boundaries on the essay form. Her debut collection, Bright Archive, combines research, memory, interview, and unconventional visual elements in a wonderful..

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Truth and Vulnerability: An Annotated Interview with Lauren Westerfield

Lauren Westerfield is no stranger to the complexities of writing “the true story.”

Speculation as Art: Mapping Possibilities to Tell Elusive Stories

A decade ago, I visited the Angel Island Immigration Station, the California port of entry where, between 1910 and 1940, Chinese immigrants were detained under..

Writing From Within the Experience: An Annotated Interview with Jeannie Vanasco

Jeannie Vanasco is no stranger to writing her way through the hardest of material. Her debut memoir, The Glass Eye (Tin House, 2017), was a..

Cracking Open: Accessing Vulnerability as an Emerging Writer

One thing people don’t tell you about college is how quickly you have to get used to crying in public. In high school, I had..

Body/Work: A Correspondence

Since we’d never met in person, I had to picture Richard taking notes, making observations as he walked around Brooklyn’s Cortelyou Road or maybe further..

Memoir in the Margins

The dance between journalism and memoir is like two old friends reconnecting at a party—there’s an awkwardness, a curiosity, and an undeniable chemistry. When I..

Historical Memoir for Our Times: Lessons in Testimony and Resistance

Writers might consider how integrating historical or philosophical frameworks can elevate personal suffering into universal moral inquiry.

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