Category Archives: Blog
Common Threads: Stories of Female Friendship
We are living in an age where female friendship is “in” – between Taylor Swift’s [...]
Created Worlds, Part 1
The act of writing fiction is essentially an act of creation. When putting together a [...]
Dec
American Literary Playlists – Part 2
The creative processes of literary writing and songwriting have always been intertwined. Musicians such as [...]
American Writer Spotlight: Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald
Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald is a complicated woman, no matter how you slice it. She’s been [...]
Dec
Grammar Rules
Grammar rules rule—or do they? They certainly did in my day. As a grade school [...]
The Iceberg Man
In the pantheon of great American writers, Ernest Hemingway is probably the only one whose [...]
Reading Writers’ Letters & Diaries: What’s the Draw?
When we are young, our diaries and journals are filled with the silly and the [...]
Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Horrors of Salem
On images of the Salem Witch Trials in historical romance, horror, and collective memory. Nathaniel [...]
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Oct
5 Books of Essays That Inspire My Writing
Recently, my friend told me a story about when she went surfing in South Africa. [...]
Why Do Stories Matter?
Why do stories matter? A college professor asked our class this once. Why do stories [...]