For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Published on April 13, 2022. — Kristin Keane is the author of the memoir An Encyclopedia of Bending Time and the novella Luminaries. Her writing and research have or will appear in/at the Washington Post, New England Review, TriQuarterly, Electric
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Published on March 9, 2022. — Neema Avashia was born and raised in southern West Virginia to parents who immigrated to the United States from India. Her essay collection, Another Appalachia, attempts to reconcile her nostalgia for
ONE MONTH FROM TODAY is the pub date of the very excellent Another Appalachia by my former GrubStreet student Neema Avashia and to celebrate Neema's launch I will be in conversation *~*~*in person*~*~* with her on the new GrubStreet stage
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.
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate.Published on July 13, 2021. — Aminatta Forna was born in Scotland, raised in Sierra Leone and Great Britain and spent periods of her childhood in Iran, Thailand and Zambia. She is the award-winning author of
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate.Published on June 23, 2021. — Leslie Brody is a creative writing professor, playwright, and biographer. She is the author of Irrepressible, her biography of Jessica Mitford, and Sometimes You Have to Lie, her biography of Louise Fitzhugh, author of Harriet
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate.Published on April 19, 2021. — Elissa Washuta is a member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and a nonfiction writer. She is the author of My Body Is a Book of Rulesand Starvation Mode, and her book White Magic is
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