I recorded this episode in September when Dinty W. Moore’s latest book, Dear Mister Essay Writer Guy: Advice and Confessions on Writing, Love, and Cannibals hit the stands. We talk about that book and his classic memoir Between Panic and Desire. In this interview you’ll learn how
In May, nearly 200 folks descended on the historic city of Pittsburgh to rub writing elbows with authors, essayists, journalists, and editors at the 2015 Creative Nonfiction Writers’ Conference. Maybe you were there. Maybe you weren’t. If you find yourself in the latter, shame on
I found this post on Medium by Patrick Dunleavy: “Top Ten Style Checks for PhDs or Creative Nonfiction Writers.” If you’re a writer in the trenches, many of his ten points might be familiar. Some I was aware of, just not as he phrased it, like the “Link/Frame/Deliver”
Slow and steady wins the race. That’s the impression I got after my interview with writer Aimee Baker who discussed her nonfiction essay “This Monstrous Heart” which ran in New Delta Review last December. Aimee admitted that she doesn’t have time to put words on
On Sunday, Feb. 1, I interviewed writer Soo Na Pak on episode three: Location, Voice, and Tone in Creative Nonfiction. She shared how she allows rejection to fuel her writing process and inspired me with her – to borrow one of her eloquent words – “liberatory” approach