40th Anniversary Celebration
We all had a wonderful time at the 40th anniversary event! On November 14th, everyone from the magazine, some honored guests, and a few hundred fans of literature crowded together in the...
View ArticleHow to Shake the Other Man
How to Shake the Other Man Derek Palacio Nouvella Books, May 2013 63 pages $11.00 In his memoir Townie, the young Andre Dubus III describes his early years in northern Massachusetts, where as a young...
View ArticleEpisodia 1.16: How to Structure Your Memoir
Sometimes memoirists can feel as if we have very few choices about our stories. Bound by truth and memory, we can often conclude there’s not much room for our creative selves to have a say. But here’s...
View ArticleThe Ploughshares Round-Down: Three Things Writers Can Learn From Solange and...
Between Jill Abramson’s indecorous firing and Amazon’s ongoing vendetta against Hachette, the publishing world gave me a lot of potential topics for the Ploughshares Round-Down this week, which I’m...
View ArticleReview: WRITING HARD STORIES by Melanie Brooks
Writing Hard Stories Melanie Brooks Beacon Press, February 7, 2017 248 pp; $16 Preorder: paperback | eBook Reviewed by Amanda Forbes Silva With Writing Hard Stories, Melanie Brooks makes the task of...
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