For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Published on July 16, 2018. — Diamond J. Sharp is a poet and essayist from Chicago. She has performed at Chicago’s Stage 773 and her work has been featured on Chicago Public Radio. She has been published in the New
For the full piece, see it on Electric Literature. Published on July 5, 2018. — I am so excited to have this piece up on Electric Literature today! In my three years interviewing writers for my Non-Fiction by Non-Men series on Fiction Advocate, I have learned
My summer classes at GrubStreet start very soon! If you are considering signing up, stop stalling and register today. Non-Fiction by Non-Men (Monday nights, 6pm-9pm, June 4th through August 6th) starts in less than a week. Intro to Creative Nonfiction: Online
Are you a teenager who wants to take a creative writing class this summer? Then you should consider signing up for one of the two week-long teen writing camps I am teaching at GrubStreet: Week of Drama: Playwriting and Screenwriting
Are you an adult who wants to take a creative writing class this summer? Then you should consider signing up for one of the two classes I am teaching for GrubStreet starting in June: Non-Fiction by Non-Men, taught at the
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Published on May 7, 2018. — Anne Fadiman is an author, essayist, journalist, editor, and teacher. She is the author of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down; Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader;
Three years ago today, on April 28, 2015, Brian Hurley published my very first Non-Fiction by Non-Men interview with Patricia O'Toole. I can't believe that it has been three years, and so I wanted to take a moment to pause
It's not too late to sign up for my class 6 Weeks, 6 Essays at GrubStreet! It now starts this Wednesday, April 25, and runs through Wednesday, May 30. Six sessions, meeting 10:30am to 1:30pm. Here's the course description: In this fun, intensive class,
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
One week from tonight (actually, exactly one week from RIGHT NOW) I will be in conversation with Anya Yurchyshyn at Newtonville Books. Anya's debut memoir My Dead Parents is phenomenal, and I am excited to chat with her about her book,