Didion’s writing was the first to truly enchant me, cloaking me with deep sensations and waves of warmth and second-hand nostalgia. She takes seemingly unbeautiful things and turns them...
An article covering 4 must-read contemporary memoirs.
Googly eyes, blank, telling, stare at me from below my waist. The meat counter sports chicken breasts, pork chops, a rope of sausage links, bacon, you name it. The...
As a creative writing student, one of my required classes is a nonfiction workshop. I always hated those assignments in high school where we were forced to write personal...
I present an excerpt from a piece I wrote for my advanced creative nonfiction course for your reading pleasure. TW: mentions of alcohol *** Tequila is the drink of...
We’re driving and you’re fussing with the vents. You’re always like this, hands fluttering, un-sitting, you cross and uncross your knees. It’s both too early and too late for...
There’s a trope throughout horror movies called the “final girl,” the girl who outsmarts and outlives the killer. She’s there in classics...
The winter wind bit my cheeks as I ran. I hardly felt the smacking gusts; the force of my body pushed the nights’ chill up and into my face...