Ten Questions for Brittany Perham
“Writing nonfiction can feel like a kind of freedom because it gives you power, which you didn’t have when you first lived through your experiences.” —Brittany Perham, author of Executrix
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From the Magazine
The Author’s Wife Is Also an Author: On the Fantasy and Reality of Writing and Partnership
A writer discusses the impact of perceived literary success on her marriage to another writer, drawing attention to the domestic and quotidian labor behind the privilege of being able to pursue one’s creative dreams.
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Writing About Family: The Kitchen Drawer
Writer and scholar Rebecca Rainof offers advice on writing about family by considering how “pockets of place can convey a larger sense of home.”
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Writing About Family: Lessons
Writer and scholar Rebecca Rainof offers advice on how to write about family by considering lessons learned over a lifetime.
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Writing About Family: Impossible Conversations
Writer and scholar Rebecca Rainof offers advice on how to write about family by imagining fictive dialogues.
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Patience and Memoir: The Time it Takes to Tell Your Story
It took Joyce Maynard twenty-five years of reflection, distance, and understanding before she was able to write her first memoir. But when tragedy struck later in life, her second memoir came much more quickly.
The Art of Death: Writing the Final Story
After the death of her mother, a writer considers the ways we increasingly write our own obituaries in this excerpt from The Art of Death, forthcoming from Graywolf Press.
Where We Write: Fountain City, Wisconsin
After decades away, a decorated poet returns to his hometown in rural Wisconsin to read from a recent collection inspired by the very people he now finds himself addressing.
Why We Write: A Life Imagined
In a testament to the power of poetry in giving shape to complex emotions, a poet reflects on how writing his poetry collection, Dear Almost, helped him find shelter amidst the grief of a miscarriage.
An Open Door: A Profile of Richard Russo
For the past thirty years, from the publication of his first novel, Mohawk, to his latest, Everybody’s Fool, a sequel to his beloved 1993 novel, Nobody’s Fool, Richard Russo, the Pulitzer Prize–winning “patron saint of small-town fiction,” has remained the same generous, optimistic, hardworking writer he’s always been, welcoming readers into his books and his heart.
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