Don’t Write Alone
Mia Manansala Believes Food Always Tells a Personal Story
Anthony Ocampo interviews Mia Manansala about her “Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mystery Series,” writing immigrant narratives beyond trauma, and—of course—food.
Writing as a Person of the Ear
How I’ve learned to write about my own experiences documenting the AIDS/HIV crisis as an oral historian.
The Beautiful Ego Death of Having My Book Fact-Checked
Every nonfiction book should go through this vetting, and every author should have this experience.
How to Write Personal Essays Through Who You Are
This exercise is meant to let you use a part of your identity as a perspective, rather than just a subject that you’re putting under pressure and scrutiny.
Adrienne Celt Asks, “What makes something meaningful?”
Julia Fine interviews Adrienne Celt about her new novel ‘End of the World House,’ writing time loops, and creating narrative architecture.
In a Digital Age, Why Still Read Print Magazines?
How do we as readers benefit from having a team with different creative specialties—writing, designing, editing, photographing, illustrating—work together to bring the story to life?
On Writing with Chronic Migraines
How do you build a creative practice around chronic pain?
Wherever I Am, I Write From a Place of Grief
Walang katapusan ang dalamhati. What else can I do but live through it? Write through it?
Write that Poem
What nuggets of life are you sharing that need poems? Write the poem about how your cat won’t leave you alone with help from this prompt by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram.
Michelle Hart Is Queering the Campus Novel
In this interview, Michelle Hart discusses her debut novel, ‘We Do What We Do in the Dark’; the art of the flashback; and how ceding your power can be very hot.
