“I could spend hours trying to write [my childhood home] as it should be written . . . I should only succeed if I had begun by describing Virginia herself." — Virginia Woolf

Join me December 10th (7-9 Eastern) to discuss persona in the personal essay/memoir. writingworkshops.com/products/ide...

Sue William Silverman's latest essay collection: Amazing. I knew it would be when I saw glowing blurbs by other amazing essayists: @paullisicky.bsky.social @jillchristman.bsky.social & Sonja Livingston. @univnebpress.bsky.social

“Away from anything and everything familiar, I was where I wanted to be.” — Joanna Pocock gives us an immersive road narrative in conversation with other writers of the road, views from her past & present self, environmental geography & a celebration of the roadside motel. #ontheroad

Moved & proud to be a part of this anthology with a collaborative essay with Marcia Aldrich along with an impressive list of contributors. With thanks to an extraordinary editor, Stephanie Vessely. Pre-order here: www.fulcrumbooks.com/product-page...

Published 10 years ago today! softskull.com/books/the-wa... #memoir #books #singlemother #memoirinessays #motherdaughter #roadnarrative #home

I have so much admiration for (& experiential connections with) this memoir by Hala Alyan. A powerful memoir, but also a series of well-crafted, form-forward essays. And so much more. If you've ever waited & guarded your wanting. @simonandschuster.bsky.social www.simonandschuster.com/books/Ill-Te...

Today! The Lyric Essay | 4:00 EST Free registration: www.thepoetscorner.org/events/the-l...

So cool! A postcard chapbook in @newlettersmagazine.bsky.social by Courtney Kersten. Also available online: www.newletters.org/address-unkn...

"I . . . write down the names of motels I pass, partly because they’ve devolved from Technicolor postcard destinations with mod geometric signs, to roadside slumps of peeling paint and mediocre marquee promises." @emdashphillips.bsky.social blackbird-archive.vcu.edu/v14n1/nonfic...

I mailed postcards from the airport.

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Looking forward to my week as the Visiting Writer for College of Saint Benedict's Literary Arts Institute's Spring 2025 Residency. I'm excited to visit classes, work one-on-one with students, and be in Minnesota for the first time!

Started @paullisicky.bsky.social's new memoir yesterday and had to stop myself from finishing it in one sitting. I'm slowing down. Only one section in and already, so many of my blue-pen underlines.

In The Electric Horseman, Sonny Steele (Robert Redford) says he's “movin’” toward “something simple, hard maybe, but plain, quiet." I resigned from UNT, so this will be my last semester. I don't know where I'm going, but I feel good about myself and my own wandering ways.

"I'd live on a train if someone gave me one." — Sam Shepard

Same.