In my second Wellesley Writes It interview of 2020, I emailed with Anissa M. Bouziane '87 , author of Dune Song. Here's the beginning of the interview: Anissa M. Bouziane Anissa M. Bouziane ’87 was born in Tennessee, the daughter of a Moroccan
For the full essay, see it on Cognoscenti.Originally published on May 21, 2020. — Judges Troy Johnson, Aarti Sequeira, and Jet Tila talk with Host Guy Fieri while the contestants prepare their dishes, as seen on Guy's Grocery Games, Season 14. I am
For the full essay, see it in Wellesley Magazine.Originally published in the spring 2020 issue. — Writing memoir is a messy business, and no one knows this better than Helen Fremont ’78. Fremont’s book The Escape Artist serves as a sequel of sorts to her memoir After
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate.Published on May 20, 2020. — Sasha Geffen is a writer based in Denver whose work appears in Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, NPR, The Nation, and others. Their first book, Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Binary, about the history of
Even a global pandemic won't stop Non-Fiction by Non-Men! I took this month off so my brilliant former GrubStreet student, Céillie Clark-Keane, could interview the incredible Sinéad Gleeson. Hopefully this great conversation will take your mind off COVID-19 for at least a
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate.Published on March 18, 2020. — Jordan Kisner’s writing has appeared in n+1, The Atlantic, The New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, The Believer, and others. Her essay “Jesus Raves” won a 2016 Pushcart Prize, her essay
For the full piece, see it in Evocations: A Literary and Art Review.Published in the inaugural winter 2020 issue. — Those of you who knew me back in grad school know that my MFA thesis was a long, rambling 300+ page meditation
For the full piece, see it in Wellesley Magazine.Published in the winter 2020 issue. — My girl Wanda the betta fish (RIP) finally gets the obituary she deserves in the winter 2020 issue of Wellesley Magazine. Writing this piece for the Endnotes
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Published on February 11, 2020. — Liz Scott is the author of This Never Happened: A Memoir and Lies: The Truth about the Self-Deception That Limits Your Life. Her essays have been published on The Millions, the Powell’s Book Blog, and The Next Best Book
For the full interview, see it on The Believer. Published on February 5, 2020. — I cannot tell you how excited I am to have an interview with Nina MacLaughlin up on The Believer Logger today. Nina has been a role model and inspiration