For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Published on July 25, 2022. — Judy Bolton-Fasman is the author of Asylum: A Memoir of Family Secrets. Her essays and reviews have appeared in major newspapers, essay anthologies, and literary magazines. She is the
Happy birthday to me! I got to take this month off, as the December 2021 Non-Fiction by Non-Men interview (which was published on my 34th birthday!) was done by my very excellent former GrubStreet student, Ashley Trebisacci! Check out their
It’s spring again, and I’m still here, still sitting, still inside. At my desk, I gaze out the window at sparks of green, glimmers of yellow and purple, as daffodils, crocuses, new grass make their way into the warming world.
Past Ten publishes stories by artists and writers who reflect on where they were ten years ago. This spring, I wrote about June 14th, 2011 -- the last day I saw my Auntie Christine before she died. Click here to
For the full interview, see it on Full Stop.Published on June 9, 2021. — I first learned about Vince Granata’s memoir Everything Is Fine through my friend who is friends with one of Vince’s friends, and when I hopped on the phone with Vince, we
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 on Electric Literature. Published on May 8, 2019. — Writing nonfiction is always personal, in my opinion. You are putting your thoughts, feelings, and point of view out there, even if you are hiding behind the safety of
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Published on April 9, 2018. — Anya Yurchyshyn is the author of My Dead Parents: A Memoir, published by Crown in March 2018. Yurchyshyn received her MFA in fiction writing from Columbia University, and her work has
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Published on February 14, 2018. (Happy Valentine's Day!) — Edwidge Danticat is the author of several books, including Breath, Eyes, Memory, an Oprah Book Club selection, Krik? Krak!, a National Book Award finalist, The Farming of Bones, The Dew Breaker, Create Dangerously, and Claire of
Are you totally bummed because you think you missed your window to sign up for my Writing About Family class at GrubStreet? Well, don't be! There is still time to enroll. The class now starts January 24 and runs through