Are you a writer between the ages of 13-18, looking for something to do the week of August 7-11? Well, lucky you! Sign up for my GrubStreet class There's a Story in That: Making Stories from Real Life for Teens. This
Kicking yourself for not signing up for my class Nonfiction: Writing Family History at GrubStreet? Good news! There is still time to enroll! The class meets for 10 weeks on Thursdays from 6pm-9pm, and the new start date is Thursday, June 29,
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Published on June 14, 2017. — Mary Mann is the author of Yawn: Adventures in Boredom. Her essays and criticism have appeared in Smithsonian, The New York Times, The Believer, and The Los Angeles Review of Books, among other
Have you always wanted to write about your grandmother but aren't sure how she will react? Do you want to put your sister on blast for all the stuff she did to you as a kid? Do you want to
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Published on May 15, 2017. — Sarah Dickenson Snyder is poet based in Massachusetts and Vermont. She is the author of The Human Contract (Kelsay Books, 2017) and the chapbook Notes From A Nomad (Finishing Line
If you're looking to take some fun writing classes on creative nonfiction, you're in luck! I am teaching several classes at GrubStreet this spring and summer that I will now proceed to shamelessly plug. ---- Young Adult Writing Program (YAWP): Stranger Than Fiction
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Originally published on August 15, 2016. — Nina MacLaughlin is the author of Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter, a memoir about her transformation from journalist to carpenter. After spending her twenties as a
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 interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Originally published on May 16, 2016. — Ann Friedman is a freelance journalist who writes a weekly column for New York Magazine’s The Cut. She is also a regular contributor to The Los Angeles Times,
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Originally published on April 13, 2016. — Meghan Daum has written two popular essay collections, My Misspent Youth (Open City Books, 2001) and The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion (FSG, 2014), which won the 2015