by Melanie Brooks | Jul 25, 2019 | Blog, Meet Our Memoirists
On the first night of HippoCamp: A Conference for Creative Nonfiction Writers in 2017, I sat in a darkened back corner of the lower level “Commons on Vine” space of the Lancaster, Pennsylvania Marriott Convention Center and listened to a handful of...
by Melanie Brooks | Jun 12, 2019 | Blog, Meet Our Memoirists
In April, I met Athena Dixon in person when she traveled to Massachusetts from her home in Philadelphia to present at the Muse and the Marketplace, a three-day literary conference sponsored by the Boston-based writing center, Grub Street. I drove into the city from my...
by Melanie Brooks | May 8, 2019 | Blog, Meet Our Memoirists
I’m thrilled to share that this week, Lara Lillibridge’s second memoir, Mama, Mama, Only Mama: An Irreverent Guide for the Newly Single Parent—From Divorce and Dating to Cooking and Crafting, All While Raising the Kids and Maintaining Your Own Sanity (Sort...
by Melanie Brooks | Apr 3, 2019 | Blog, Meet Our Memoirists
I was lucky enough to meet Lynn K. Hall when I learned my publisher, Beacon Press, was publishing her memoir, Caged Eyes: An Air Force Cadet’s Story of Rape and Resilience, on the same day in 2017 that my book, Writing Hard Stories: Celebrated Memoirists Who...
by Melanie Brooks | Feb 6, 2019 | Blog, Meet Our Memoirists
This week, I Am Yours (Amberjack Publishing, 2019), Reema Zaman’s dazzling debut memoir, launches into the world, and we couldn’t be more excited! With unwavering courage and lyrical precision, Reema offers readers her story of unshackling her voice from...
by Dana Mich | Jan 9, 2019 | Blog, Meet Our Memoirists
Dear writers, It’s been a long time coming, but with this post we’re thrilled to officially launch the Moving Forewords collective! There’s so much to come—interviews with our members, our Heart Speak column by Lisa Ellison, blog posts on all...
