For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Published on November 19, 2018. — Dessa is a singer, rapper, writer, and proud member of the Doomtree hip-hop crew. She is the author of My Own Devices: True Stories from the Road on Music, Science, and Senseless Love,
I am teaching a bunch at GrubStreet this fall and winter, and I hope to see you in one of my classes, either online or in person! Register today! — Jumpstart Your Writing November 2 – December 14, Fridays from 6pm-9pm Great course to
For the full piece, see it on Electric Literature. Published on October 24, 2018. — I am proud to have another piece up on Electric Literature today, but especially this essay because EVERYONE should read Good and Mad by Rebecca Traister. Not only is the book inspiring, it
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Published on October 15, 2018. — Hope Ewing is the author of Movers and Shakers: Women Making Waves in Spirits, Beer and Wine, published by Unnamed Press on October 9, 2018. She has worked as a grant
As I mentioned a couple of posts ago, I'm the new general nonfiction editor for the literary magazine Pangyrus, and I couldn't be more excited about it. Submissions will reopen in January 2019, and I can't wait to read your stuff. In
If you follow me on Instagram, you may have noticed that I just spent the better part of two weeks at my very first writing residency. I was lucky enough to be granted a residency at the CATWALK Institute in Catskill,
For the full piece, see it on The Millions. Published on September 18, 2018. — I am really excited to have this essay up today on The Millions because I am absolutely obsessed with Sy Montgomery's new memoir. Her book, How to Be a Good Creature: A
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Published on September 10, 2018. — Nicole Chung is the author of All You Can Ever Know (available from Catapult on October 2, 2018), a memoir about her experience as a Korean adoptee raised by white parents. Her
I am excited to officially announce that I am the new nonfiction editor of the Boston-based literary magazine Pangyrus. Look! I am on the website and everything: So you know what this means? Pitch me your nonfiction writing! Submissions reopen on September 20,
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Published on August 13, 2018. — Morgan Jerkins is the author of the New York Times bestselling essay collection, This Will Be My Undoing. She graduated from Princeton University with an AB in Comparative Literature, specializing in nineteenth-century Russian literature and