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Excerpt from Liz Stephens’ New Memoir

Liz Stephens holds a PhD in creative nonfiction. A winner of the Western Literature Association’s Frederick Manfred Award and a finalist for the Annie Dillard Creative Nonfiction Award, her work has...

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Excerpt from Tom Titus’ Memoir

Dr. Tom A. Titus is author of the memoir Blackberries in July: A Forager’s Field Guide to Inner Peace, a year-long chronology of old orchards, bay clams, wild mushrooms, and spawning salmon, a hunting...

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On Memorial Day

My Father, Toilet Paper, and Italian Opera By Eric Olsen We run this perennial favorite in fond memory of Walter Arnold Olsen, and with appreciation for all those who have served and continue to serve...

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Excerpt from Dick Cummins’ WIP

The Only Foxhole Atheist in the U.S. Army By Dick Cummins Dick is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and a regular contributor to this blog. This is an excerpt from his unpublished memoir....

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Excerpt from Dick Cummins’ WIP

A Path to Hell Is Paved, Part 1 By Dick Cummins ©2013 A work in progress (WIP) is just that, constantly evolving. Dick is a master craftsman, fearless in his sharing, generous in the lessons he...

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Excerpt from Dick Cummins’ WIP

A Path to Hell Is Paved, Part 2 By Dick Cummins This is the end of the chapter excerpt from Dick’s unpublished memoir. Read Part 1 here.   I’ll always believe that it was on purpose that my father...

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For World Food Day

Leaky Roofs By Melody Murray Melody Murray is currently a Financial Analyst for the Navy but would prefer to think of herself as a writer of short stories and personal essays. She received a BA in...

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Professor Vonnegut

Our Hopeful Pessimist:  Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.                                                                                                                                                          Iowa...

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Excerpt from Don Wallace’s New Memoir

Journalist/editor/novelist and now memoirist Don Wallace is a man of three islands—Manhattan, Hawaii, and Belle Île, France. He is the author of four books, including the novel Hot Water and One Great...

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Excerpt from Nicole Kear’s Memoir

Nicole C. Kear is the author of the memoir Now I See You, releasing by St. Martin’s Press today, and chosen as a Must-Read by Amazon, Glamour, Martha Stewart Living, Redbook, and Marie Claire among...

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