Mary Quade, finalist in SFWP’s 2013 Literary Awards Program for Nonfiction, is also a poet. We discussed writing essays and poetry. SL: Your collection of four essays, Ideal Uncertainties, was a finalist for the 2013 Literary Awards Program for Non-Fiction. What...
We had the opportunity to ask Allen Gee, 2013 Literary Awards Program finalist, a few questions about writing. His book, My Chinese-America, will be published by SFWP in 2015. SL: Your essay collection, My Chinese-America, was a finalist for the 2013 Literary...
ALABAMA I recently resigned from being the faculty advisor for the Georgia College Bass Fishing team because of a heavy workload. The sixteen anglers on the team are white Southerners. I boasted about having the best rednecks in Georgia on the water. We were ranked...
Annita Sawyer’s memoir Smoking Cigarettes, Eating Glass is a gripping and moving account of her experiences in psychiatric hospitals. She shares her experiences and writing process with us. SL: Your memoir, Smoking Cigarettes, Eating Glass won the 2013...
April 1964 The day room air hung heavy, dense with the body odor that comes from waiting for bad news. As all twenty of us settled in, the atmosphere was hushed. Even Ellen, who ordinarily spoke loudly to anyone who would listen and usually ended up talking to...
