Tag: nonfiction
miCRo: “Benevolent Ruler” by Mary Ardery
An essay in which the quotidian overlies concerns about women’s health
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Interview with Sarah Fawn Montgomery
Sarah Fawn Montgomery discusses the use of point of view and choices about genre in her latest book, Abbreviate.
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“Let Me Whisper in Your Ear: A Craft Essay” by Shara Lessley
Shara Lessley on the craft of writing about family secrets in literary nonfiction
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Writers’ Day Jobs: Karen Maner
Writer Karen Maner, a membership services manager at a nonprofit.
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Folio: Jealousy and Envy
In this folio to accompany issue 21.1, six writers explore jealousy and envy.
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excerpt from “Not Wanted in the Garden” by Joylyn Chai
When my father could no longer live independently in the home where I was raised, my brother and I...
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miCRo: “The Game for Winners” by Kimberly Elkins
In this microessay, Kimberly Elkins explores the intoxication of a dangerous adolescent game and how it colors all that follows in the character’s life.
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miCRo: “Magdalene” and “Easter” by Sonja Livingston
Two essays that grapple with the place of women in history, specifically an enslaved Native ancestor and a prehistoric “greatest grandmother.”
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Pop-Up Literary Nonfiction Submission Period!
We’re accepting (free) print-mag literary nonfiction submissions now through March 7!
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Special Feature: “Weight of Words” by Hussain Shah Rezaie
I couldn’t even utter the soothing sentence: It’s going to be fine…
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miCRo: “Knowing” by Amy Chen
In Amy Chen’s essay “Knowing,” innocence and family secrets come together to create a profound change in the speaker and her understanding of her world.
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Why We Like It: “The Experiment” by Sarah Fawn Montgomery
Sarah Fawn Montgomery’s essay “The Experiment” shows how extensively the patriarchy has affected our education system and how these practices perpetuate sexual violence toward women.
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