In the twilight stillness, I watch my son while he sleeps. My partner and I share the responsibilities of feeding him throughout the day. As...
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Archive for tag: workshop
Unsympathetic Me: Medea as Writer
I am an unsympathetic character. And I take myself way too seriously. I’m too earnest. To top it all off, I am not sure how...
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,...
Report from the Field: The Fearful I: Confessional Modes of Address and Speaking the Self
When I crested 12 and took the first tentative steps down authorship’s overgrown path, the trees and buzzing insects spoke with the voices of Sylvia...
Self Censored: When Writing is Not Right
I stopped jumping in and out of trouble. Once, it was a moving car, my father pissed; the walk home slow and only mildly treacherous....
Report From The Field: The Defensive Male Writer
There are so many very important articles on the victimization of women in society. And this is not one of them. Nope. This is an...
ROUNDTABLE: POLICING THE OTHER IN THE LITERARY WORLD
This conversation, moderated by Hoa Nguyen, took place on March 29, 2015. Hoa sent out a preliminary list of questions meant to spark the conversation,...