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 August 14, 2017. — Miranda K. Pennington is the author of A Girl Walks into a Book: What the Brontës Taught Me about Life, Love, and Women’s Work (Seal Press, 2017). Her work has appeared
For the full essay, see it on The Rumpus. Originally published on May 9, 2017. — I woke up at 3 a.m. to pee the other night. This was not unusual. I like to drink tea before bed, and I usually wake up
For the full essay, see it on The Rumpus. Originally published on May 23, 2016. — I used a prayer card from a wake as my bookmark while reading So Sad Today by Melissa Broder. It happened accidentally—I went to a memorial service for someone
For the full essay, see it on The Rumpus. Originally published on February 18, 2016. — A friend posted a picture of me from her wedding, and all I can see is my stomach. I’m with friends, wearing goofy hats for the photo booth,
For the full essay, see it on The Rumpus. Originally published on November 5, 2015. — Save three stray years, I have lived in Massachusetts my entire life. It’s a small state, and running into people I know is rarely a surprise. Sitting on
For the full essay, see it on Fiction Advocate. Originally published on April 16, 2015. — I began to seriously question whether or not I want to have kids one Wednesday at 9 p.m. while having my hair checked for lice. I was sitting
Post originally appeared on Wellesley Underground on December 10, 2014. — Good nonfiction needs not just the THEN but also the NOW. When a writer tells a story from her past, if the story is really weird or funny or excellent, it
For the full essay, see it on The Rumpus. Originally published on December 2, 2014. -- Nonfiction is hard to pin down. When I tell people I write nonfiction, I assume they imagine 800-page biographies of dead presidents, or misery memoirs about years
For the full essay, see it on Fiction Advocate. Originally published on October 20, 2014. --- Good news, feminists! Not all hope is lost! Pick up a copy of this slim book and carry it with you to be reminded that yes, really,