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The Conversations We Weren’t Meant to Hear

"As both a nonfiction writer and novelist, I've discovered that these overheard conversations contain the most authentic speech, revealing their generational differences and cultural identities."
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Gathering Speed and Complexity

A Primer for Craft in Literary Journalism: "In this understanding, craft has a bigger job to do than to enthrall or entertain, to make a true story read like fiction or feel like fantasy. In this understanding, creativity is part of the journalism, working in service to ideas, not in service of earning a label. We can’t separate the literary from the journalism at all."
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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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Truth, Shame, and Writing A Memoir

Jonathan Corcoran explores how shame and family secrets nearly prevented him from writing his memoir.
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When the Writing Is the Grieving

After the death of her husband, Dominque Conway reflects on words, grief, and writing.
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Becoming Better Together: How I Help Students Magnify the Deeper Meaning of a Text

As a writer and teacher, Donna Lewis Johnson sees herself and her students as literary detectives, reading texts closely in order to notice the telling details that illuminate the characters, setting, and plot moments.
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How Loneliness Manifests

Cija Jefferson speaks with Athena Dixon about her new book of essays, The Loneliness Files, and what it means to find connections inside and outside of writing.
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You have to do what works for you.

A conversation with Sufiya Abdur-Rahman about her deeply reported and deeply personal memoir, Heir to the Crescent Moon.
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An Interview with Bud Smith

Bud Smith is the author of several books of fiction and most recently, a memoir, WORK, now out from CCM Press. WORK is a collection..
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Writing My Truth

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