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,
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
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
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
For the full interview, see it on Full Stop. Published on June 26, 2018. — In a wild turn of events, I spoke with Melissa Broder about what it's like to write (gasp!) fiction. We discussed her new novel, The Pisces, Siri as a writing
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Published on June 20, 2018. — Meghan Flaherty is the author of Tango Lessons, a personal history of Argentine tango, that was published in June 2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Flaherty received her MFA from Columbia University School of the Arts
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
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;