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Book Review: Mothers and Other Fictional Characters by Nicole Graev Lipson
Mon Jul 07 2025
Lipson’s prose delves into what it means to be a woman, mother, and daughter and had me exclaiming, “Yes! Exactly!” audibly as I read. It’s the kind of intelligent read that sparks conversations—the perfect buddy read or book club pick. View at com »
Book Review: Venus Anadyomene by Alyssa Sinclair
Thu May 08 2025
A good poem is a fleeting emotion captured and held on a page, then released into the heart of the reader to linger. And as women and mothers, we need that pause in our day to escape our lives, our politics, our families and coworkers and just honor what it is be a mother: wounded, worried, strong and too often alone in our pain. View at merliterary »
Liminal Father
Sat Feb 01 2025
Airports are a liminal space, between leaving and arriving. Before planes had WiFi we were unreachable when we flew, detached from real life far below. View at gordonsquarereview »
Turn Your Short Pieces Into a Finished Nonfiction Book, posted on JaneFriedman.com
Fri Jan 31 2025
Have you amassed a heap of assorted essays, flash pieces, chapters, ideas, and you think you have enough to turn it into a book? Does it seem scattered and overwhelming and you’re not sure what will fit where and it is all rather daunting? Never fear—here is a step-by-step guide to turn your hot mess into a hot dish. View at janefriedman »
Book Review: The Exit is the Entrance: Essays on Escape by Linda Paar
Thu Jan 02 2025
The Exit is the Entrance is a collection of essays on leaving—going to as well as away from—college, the military, relationships, wrong decisions. It is a series of ruminative journeys written in first, second, and third person long-form essays, in which Paar explores creativity, erasure, our connection to the earth and each other in lyrical prose. Read my full review at River Teeth: Standing on the Threshold Between: An Exploration of Liminal Spaces and Transitions. View at riverteethjournal »
Using Speculation to Find Moments of Grace
Mon Dec 23 2024
I'm excited to contribute to AWP Writing Organizations's Writer's Chronicle "Prompted" section with my favorite Creative Nonfiction Prompt. View at writerschronicle »
Announcing Lara Lillibridge as judge of the next Slippery Elm Prize in Prose!
Sun Dec 15 2024
I'm excited to announce I will be judging Slippery Elm Literary Journal's 2025 Prose Contest! View at slipperyelm »
Book Review: The Presence of Absence by Desiree Richter
Tue Nov 05 2024
Read my review of "The Presence of Absence" on Mom Egg Review. The Presence of Absence: Kitchen table talks about parenting, leaving fundamentalism, and the very messy business of living with loss by Desiree Richter View at »
Virtual AWP: Writer to Writer Conversations & Readings with Mentor Lara Lillibridge
Tue Nov 14 2023
A few of my former mentees and I discussed writing while queer. View at youtu »
Book Review of FLOPPY by Alyssa Graybeal
Sat Oct 14 2023
Don’t just read Floppy for the story—read it for the writing. Winner of the 2020 Red Hen Nonfiction Award, Graybeal’s book can be funny and poignant, her voice clear and unusual. View at riverteethjournal »