Tagged: memoir
Jessica Hendry Nelson is an award-winning author and Assistant Professor in higher ed. Readers may recognize her from her debut novel and other work. She has been featured in The Threepenny Review, Prairie Schooner, North American Review, Tin House, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and more. Now she’s back …
Stephanie Kane is a lawyer turned crime fiction/suspense novelist. Her works have earned her numerous accolades and praise from industry experts and readers for decades. One of her novels, Quiet Time, follows the murder of a housewife and mother in her seemingly typical family home, and how the incident shatters …
Twin sisters Argita and Detina Zalli lived an ordinary life in Albania with their parents, enjoying their youth and dreaming of their future. When the Albanian government collapsed, their country became one of poverty, anarchy, and civil war. They narrowly escaped death and kidnapping the few times they left their …
In Mexican-American culture, a chingón is known as a “badass”. In the feminine form, however, chingona means unruly woman, or a woman who is problematic. First-generation scholar Alma Zaragoza-Petty encourages women to reclaim that word. We should own it and use that badassery to heal from our own trauma and …
Elizabeth Winthrop Alsop’s last name would appear familiar among WWII-era Washington officials and socialites. Her father was a famous political journalist and related to the Roosevelt family. Blood connection aside, the historical and political context of those relationships had generational effects on their children and grandchildren. Alsop’s newest piece, Daughter …
Horror fiction fans from the 90s will undoubtedly recognize the name Ronald Kelly among the genre’s authors. His award-winning southern horror stories have earned him a place amongst the genre’s veterans. After a decades-long career, he has decided to reflect on his experiences and lend advice to aspiring writers in …