Two Books for the Frozen Sea: A Conversation with Megan Stielstra
Megan Stielstra discusses her recently rereleased books EVERYONE REMAIN CALM and ONCE I WAS COOL.
...moreMegan Stielstra discusses her recently rereleased books EVERYONE REMAIN CALM and ONCE I WAS COOL.
...more“The grief felt like giving birth, these waves of pain and then receiving.”
...moreDinty W. Moore discusses his new essay collection, TO HELL WITH IT.
...moreWith Deesha Philyaw, Jaquira Díaz, Danielle Gellar, and Torrey Peters.
...moreMelissa Faliveno discusses her debut essay collection, TOMBOYLAND.
...moreRebecca McClanahan discusses her new memoir-in-essays, IN THE KEY OF NEW YORK CITY.
...moreAlisson Wood discusses her debut memoir, BEING LOLITA.
...moreAimee Nezhukumatathil discusses her new book, WORLD OF WONDERS.
...moreBilly-Ray Belcourt discusses his new book, A HISTORY OF MY BRIEF BODY.
...moreCathy Park Hong discusses MINOR FEELINGS: AN ASIAN AMERICAN RECKONING.
...moreRobin Hemley discusses his new essay collection, BORDERLINE CITIZEN.
...more“I like to engage with and argue with the research; this makes the work dynamic.”
...more“I don’t think I know how to write if I’m not guided by sound—that’s when it feels like I’m flailing or straining.”
...more“For me, when I write nonfiction, my mind moves from the outside to the inside.”
...moreEmma Copley Eisenberg discusses THE THIRD RAINBOW GIRL.
...moreHeather Christle discusses her debut work of nonfiction, THE CRYING BOOK.
...moreAugusten Burroughs discusses his new memoir, TOIL & TROUBLE.
...moreShonda Buchanan discusses her new memoir, BLACK INDIAN.
...moreLeslie Jamison interviews her mentor, Elizabeth McCracken.
...moreElissa Washuta and Theresa Warburton discusses SHAPES OF NATIVE NONFICTION.
...moreBarrie Jean Borrich discusses her work, including her most recent collection APOCALYPSE, DARLING.
...moreMargaret Renkl discusses her forthcoming debut memoir-in-essays, LATE MIGRATIONS.
...moreI have come to the desert in search of bones.
...moreJulie Lythcott-Haims discusses HOW TO RAISE AN ADULT and REAL AMERICAN.
...moreElissa Washuta discusses her chapbook, STARVATION MODE.
...more“I always feel like I’m starting over. I don’t know how I ever wrote a poem. I really do have that feeling.”
...more“Because that’s how memories are, right? Little flashes.”
...more“Becoming an essayist has always seemed to me as a bit of a pratfall.”
...moreNate Blakeslee discusses American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West, cultivating trust in his sources, and recreating action-packed scenes he did not witness.
...moreAriel Gore discusses her new novel We Were Witches, why capitalism and the banking system are the real enemies, and finding the limits between memoir and fiction.
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