My first reading of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are was as a parent. Growing up, I somehow managed to miss … Continue reading Writing, Mothering, and the Wild In-Between—By Gillian Sze
Ma was so many things; a Jehovah’s Witness preacher, an alcoholic with a troubled past, and an avid reader, poet, … Continue reading Writers: The Truth Can Set You Free—By Tamara Jong
“New line numeral one period space cap that the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog bold lazy dog … Continue reading What If Your Computer Listened to You?—By Mariam S. Pal
I was sitting by the gas-lit fireplace in my local library when a book on the table caught my eye. … Continue reading Amazing Grace: A Literary Friendship—By S. Nadja Zajdman
1. Show Up A link to the Spoken Word residency at the Banff Centre shows up in my feed. I … Continue reading Writing by Numbers—by B.A. Markus
One Tuesday—or was it Wednesday? —I visited my parents. Written anything lately? asked my dad, during supper. I had. I … Continue reading Tuesday, or Was It Wednesday?—by Joshua Levy
When my grandfather died, it was as if his thoughts were transferred to me. All those years he said I … Continue reading Death is Why I Write by Kate Henderson
In another life, I worked in schools as a special education teacher and administrator. I gathered stories for thirty-five years, … Continue reading A Memoirist’s Dilemma: Telling the Truth Without Betrayal by Karen Zey
When I was halfway through writing my first book many years ago, I remember reading in Anne Lamott’s Bird By … Continue reading What Writing Gives Me by Laurie Gough
Seeing the images on my television screen, I froze in shock and anguish. People running for cover behind piles of … Continue reading Writing About Ukraine by Alexandra Hawryluk
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