Special Feature: “Due Water” by Ginger Ko
Ginger Ko complicates what it can mean to say “Me too” in an essay about familial abuse.
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Pas de Deux: Weiss & Pearson
Yesterday, we featured the first part of our pas de deux between authors Joanna Pearson and Jillian Weiss, whose story and essay have eerily similar content, with both references to the devil and to kids in care of the state/foster system.
Why We Like It: “Confetti” by Marilyn Abildskov
Instead of focusing on how, Marilyn Abildskov’s essay “Confetti” delves into that which often goes unnamed in workshops: What do we write about?
What We’re Reading: Shapes of Native Nonfiction
Editorial Assistant Emma Faesi Hudelson: Shapes of Native Nonfiction, an anthology of essays by Native authors (University of Washington Press, forthcoming in June 2019), is a formidable entry into the swelling ranks of literary nonfiction. And it’s one that the nonfiction community—mostly white, me included—needs to pay attention to. As editors Elissa Washuta and Theresa …