Author and writing instructor Matt Bell recently spoke at Porter Square Books at Grub Street’s beautiful, new narrative arts center in Boston—in person no less! In introducing his new craft book, Refuse to Be Done (Soho Press, 2022), Bell promised…
Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place, is Neema Avashia’s poignant debut essay collection that brings us from growing up the daughter of Indian immigrants in West Virginia, to becoming a queer writer, teacher, and education…
Everybody has a trick for entering their writing. They light candles, turn on Mozart, twirl three times counterclockwise. Me, I cook. This is new. And it isn’t the cooking, really, it’s the smell. Seems I need the simmering of onions…
In On Location, a rom-com by Sarah Echavarre Smith, Alia Dunn finally has the green light as showrunner on her own travel series: showcasing the national parks of Utah. It’s a professional dream come true and a personal tribute to…
The Nobel Prize-winning playwright George Bernard Shaw said, “If you can’t get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you’d best take it out and teach it to dance.” M Shelly Conner’s book, everyman, does just that. Her protagonist, Eve…
Cheryl Bostrom’s SUGAR BIRDS is an immersive exploration of loss, redemption, and coming of age in the breathtaking Pacific Northwest wilderness. After accidentally setting a tragic fire, ten-year-old Aggie runs to the woods her father taught her to navigate, where…