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HIPPOCAMP 2019 SPEAKER & SESSION PREVIEW: LARA LILLIBRIDGE
Wed Jun 05 2019
I will be moderating the panel “Oh you WRITE? That’s interesting!”: A Panel on Writing While Parenting, leading the session Lightening the Load, and co-leading Hybrid Truth: From Mongrel Essays to Comics Poetry. View at hippocamp2019 »
TBR Tuesday Review: Basilio Boullosa Stars in the Fountain of Highlandtown by Rafael Alvarez
Tue Jun 04 2019
This week's suggestion for your TBR list is a rich, evocative work of literary fiction that I discovered at AWP. Read more »
Writing Prompt: Homage
Mon Jun 03 2019
I was going through old residency notes from my MFA and found this poem I wrote, and I actually don't write poems, but I like it. Read more »
Pride Month Book Club: Adult Book Club Picks: The Gender Edition
Sat Jun 01 2019
Each week of Pride month I will give your book club a few recommendations in queer categories of my choosing. The first week is the gender edition. Read more »
How to Make a Sandwich
Fri May 31 2019
A few years back my friend Amy Fish said that she wrote an essay about how to make a sandwich. I've been meaning to write my own essay on sandwiches ever since. Read more »
Review of SQUEAKY WHEELS by Suzanne Kamata on Mom Egg Review
Fri May 31 2019
Squeaky Wheels is an interesting multicultural conversation about independence and caretaking, as she takes her daughter and her daughter's wheelchair from Japan to Paris and other points around the world. View at momeggreview »
Author's Note: On Writing Mama, Mama, Only Mama
Fri May 31 2019
Author's Note and Excerpt from Mama, Mama, Only Mama View at momeggreview »
TBR Tuesday Review: The Sound of Silence By Myron Uhlberg
Tue May 28 2019
A middle grade adaptation of Uhlberg's memoir on growing up the hearing child of deaf parents. Read more »
Read a Review of Mama, Mama, Only Mama at Online Bookclub
Mon May 27 2019
"Mama, Mama, Only Mama's greatest strength is Lillibridge's comedic storytelling." View at forums »
Enhanced
Fri May 24 2019
This is for you. The person who scrolls on their phone and feels like shit about themselves. I want you to see what you are comparing yourself to. Read more »
TBR Tuesday Review: The Exalted by Kaitlyn Sage Patterson
Tue May 21 2019
This YA fantasy is all about balances and contradictions, with well-fleshed out complicated characters. Read more »
The Cost/Benefits of Writing Conferences
Mon May 20 2019
was chit-chatting with an author recently about the expense of writing conferences, and, as always, the conversation continued in my head long after I went home. Since I really love to give advice and I’m also avoiding working on other more pressing things, it seemed a good time for a blog post. Read more »