For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Originally published on September 14, 2016. — Virgie Tovar is a writer, speaker, and activist. She holds a Master’s degree in Human Sexuality, focusing on the intersections of body size, race, and gender, and is
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Originally published on August 15, 2016. — Nina MacLaughlin is the author of Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter, a memoir about her transformation from journalist to carpenter. After spending her twenties as a
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Originally published on July 20, 2016. — Rebecca Traister is the author of the recent New York Times Best Seller All The Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation. She is
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Originally published on June 13, 2016. — Lily Brooks-Dalton is the author of Motorcycles I’ve Loved: A Memoir(Riverhead Books, 2015), which was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. In addition to her memoir, Brooks-Dalton
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Originally published on May 16, 2016. — Ann Friedman is a freelance journalist who writes a weekly column for New York Magazine’s The Cut. She is also a regular contributor to The Los Angeles Times,
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Originally published on April 13, 2016. — Meghan Daum has written two popular essay collections, My Misspent Youth (Open City Books, 2001) and The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion (FSG, 2014), which won the 2015
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Originally published on March 16, 2016. — Lia Purpura is a poet, essayist, and translator from Baltimore, Maryland. She is the author of four collections of poems–– King Baby (Alice James Books, 2008), Stone Sky
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Originally published on February 15, 2016. — Susan Southard’s first book, Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War, was a New York Times editors’ choice and named a best book of the year by the Washington Post,
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Originally published on January 13, 2016. — 2016 is starting off with two milestones for Non-Fiction by Non-Men! This installment marks the tenth interview in the series and the first interview with a graphic artist
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Originally published on December 14, 2015. — In the ninth of her series of interviews with women who write nonfiction, E.B. Bartels speaks with historian and writer Nancy Hewitt. Nancy Hewitt has authored, co-authored, and edited