Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 3 — Jess Rizkallah

Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 3 — Jess Rizkallah

Has 2018 been different for you than other years? It has, but if it weren’t I think that would be concerning. For so long I...

Report from the Field: Of Myopia, White Supremacy and the Personal Essay

Report from the Field: Of Myopia, White Supremacy and the Personal Essay

In 2017, I took my first creative nonfiction workshop with a reputed author, editor, and teacher of creative writing in the heart of Los Angeles,...

On Writing As Liberation

On Writing As Liberation

I. What is the word ‘expression?’ An utterance, a declaration, a representation. Of feeling, of thought, of character. Becoming a radical against silence, expression is...

Report from the Field: On Publishing a First Book at [almost] 50

Report from the Field: On Publishing a First Book at [almost] 50

In the summer of 2015, I opened the covers of a book and read aloud to a sizable audience inside an elegant black box theater....